# Sound Files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-files/13652>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 16, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-files/13652 "2003-02-16T07:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hUMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hUMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hUMan)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-files/13652/1 "2003-02-16T07:48:57Z")

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I have a sound piece in my flash movie which i wanna be able to pause. Is this possible. If so can anyone give me a hand. I dont want the sound to stop, and then start from the beginning, that i can do, but i want it to PAUSE and continue from the same spot on resuming

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-files/13652/2 "2003-02-16T07:55:24Z")

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The power of play() and stop() 😉

If you want to stop it when it hits the frame and continue it with a button do this…

on the frame you want it to stop use this…

```php
stop();

```

On the button you want to use to start playing again use this…

```php
on (release) { play(); }

```