# URGENT HELP REQ: SWF with sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-req-swf-with-sound/262402>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 5, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-req-swf-with-sound/262402 "2008-06-05T17:07:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![robthedesginer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@robthedesginer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/robthedesginer)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-req-swf-with-sound/262402/1 "2008-06-05T17:07:32Z")

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hi guys

after my previous post (which worked beautifully, by the way… and thanks!) i have now stumbled upon a new problem.

in short, i have a multi-scene movie which i wanted a single soundtrack to run through. that theory is now sorted with the help of a little actionscript.

my initial test was as follows:  
9MB sound file  
71MB FLA file (yes, that’s seventy-one…?)  
400k SWF file (published)

now though, it’s a different story:  
3MB sound file  
4MB FLA file (same content as the previous, just a different sound file)  
3MB SWF file (published)

what’s happening??? As a result, the 3MB SWF takes ages to load before playing. is it my sound settings? what should they be? confusion reigns…

ANY HELP / SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!

Rob.

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**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-req-swf-with-sound/262402/2 "2008-06-05T17:53:29Z")

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Did you change the way it’s compressed?

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**Author:** ![Enebreus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@Enebreus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Enebreus)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-req-swf-with-sound/262402/3 "2008-06-06T16:59:30Z")

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In Flash  
File --\> Publish Settings --\> Flash (tab)

Now click the Generate Size Report check box.

Publish your file. You should get a long stream of information in your output box telling you exactly what’s taking up so much space! Once you’ve identified the problem it’s just a matter of fixing it! 😃

Good luck!

Peter Organa