# Sound.id3 - cant retreive length/size?

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**Created:** [July 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-id3-cant-retreive-length-size/193375 "2006-07-12T22:21:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-id3-cant-retreive-length-size/193375/1 "2006-07-12T22:21:51Z")

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hey folks,  
Im trying to use the code below to retrieve the length/time of an mp3 file using the id3…I can return things liek artist/year/publisher but cant get these other params…what am i dooin wrong???  
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var my\_sound:Sound = new Sound();  
my\_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {  
if (success) {  
trace(“sound loaded”);  
trace( "id3 info : "+ my\_sound.id3.TIME )  
trace( "id3 info : "+ my\_sound.id3.TLEN )  
}  
};

my\_sound.loadSound(“E:/My Music/A Perfect Circle/mer de noms/01 the hollow.mp3”, true);  
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