[romontj]

I am trying to load an external mp3 and have it start playing on frame 430 of my movie. The code I've tried either starts playing the mp3 right away or not at all. Here is what I'm working with:

Actionscript:

onClipEvent (load) {
     // sets up a sound object
     faTrack = new Sound();
     // load the external sound
     faTrack.loadSound("intro.mp3", true);
     // play the sound
     faTrack.start(430);
 }

After using this code it started the movie right after the sound was loaded. What is the proper method to make this work?

[saumya]

just put the below code at the particular frame

Actionscript:

var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("mySong.mp3");
mySound.start();

hope i wrote the correct syntax.Just try and let me know.

[romontj]

I didn't hear anything at all. By the way I'm using MX 2004.

[saumya]

Sorry for that.WEll try this

Actionscript:

var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("mySound.mp3");
mySound.onLoad = function(ok) {
	if (ok) {
		mySound.start();
	} else {
		trace("Cannot Load file");
	}
};

[romontj]

Since the song still needs to load it's not playing on time. Is there a way to have the song load earlier and then call it later on?

[saumya]

ya.Just add following in the first frame of your movie

Actionscript:

//to stop yoour playhead
stop();
var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("mySound.mp3");
mySound.onLoad = function(ok) {
	if (ok) {
              //to continue playing your animation
                play();
		//mySound.start();
	} else {
		trace("Cannot Load file");
	}
};

Now add the follwing in the frame, from where you want the sound to play

Actionscript:

mySound.start();

is it ok now?