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I’ve been working on a multimedia project using Authorware 5.1. The project is an enhanced CD (audio + data). Since the data side (the side that will contain the authorware app) can’t see the cd audio side (which contains wavs that will work in any CD player), I have to have audio on both sides of the disc’s partition. But I don’t have room for wav files on both sides. It would be nice if authorware 5.1 suported direct import of mp3s, but it doesn’t (and there’s no excuse for it, really. Mp3s were wildly popular when 5.1 came out). I could upgrade to version 6, but I don’t have the budget for it. Luckily, version 5.1 does support flash 5 imports. But I was having trouble getting it to import any flash file that contained audio (like the nice WinAmp-ish interface I created for my multimedia project). But I found this workaround: import the files as Quicktime movies (Insert > Media > Quicktime…). Works like a charm. Your flash gets imported and works just like it should.