# Sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound/3208>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 13, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound/3208 "2001-01-13T21:23:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound/3208/1 "2001-01-13T21:23:19Z")

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I want to import a 2.5MB MP3 file so I can play it when a user clicks on a button.

Only problem is Flash 4 won’t accept MP3 files, and if I use a .WAV file, it will be huge.

Any ideas?

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**Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound/3208/2 "2001-01-14T00:23:16Z")

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Hello Pat,  
What you may do, is use any MP3 to WAV converter and convert the sound clip to the WAV format. I’m sure a lot of the download sites like CNET’s [Download.com](http://Download.com) (ww.download.com)) offer free tools for that purpose. I also believe that Real’s RealJukebox does something similar…but I’m not sure.

Don’t worry if the file size becomes really large. Flash 4 cannot import MP3 files, but it can export MP3 files. So the 40-50 MB WAV file will be converted back to its 2.5 MB MP3 size once exported by Flash. Either way, it’ll work easily.

I hope that helped. If you have any further questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to reply back.

Regards,  
Kirupa Chinnathambi  
[kirupa@kirupa.com](mailto:kirupa@kirupa.com)