I load a swf into a movie clip and have several problems with it:
blah_mc.loadMovie("my.swf");
blah_mc.stop(); // doesn't work
trace(blah_mc.getBytesLoaded()); // always returns zero even though the clip plays
These problems persist even after the clip is completely loaded.
I need to be able to control playback of the loaded movie and tell what percent it is loaded.
getBytesLoaded()never really worked for me in AS2 either (the AS3 version was better-behaved). The solution is calledMovieClipLoader; check the language reference.