# Adding an audio file to Glide

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322 "2022-02-10T00:14:59Z")
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### Author: ![Penny\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/penny_davies/32/35811_2.png) [@Penny\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Penny_Davies)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/1 "2022-02-10T00:14:59Z")

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I have an MP3 file in Google Drive. I have shared publicly and have the URL. In Glide I’ve added the audio component and pointed to the shared link (which I have in the glide spreadsheet).  
It keeps coming up as ‘error’.  
Can’t work out what I’m doing wrong?

Thank you, Jeanette

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/2 "2022-02-10T00:41:08Z")

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You should try uploading that to the app instead, Google Drive is not recommended as a solution to share images/videos using Glide.

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### Author: ![Penny\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/penny_davies/32/35811_2.png) [@Penny\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Penny_Davies)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/3 "2022-02-10T03:18:37Z")

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I use a link to videos often. I do that by uploading to YouTube and then putting the shared URL into the spreadsheet. I then use Multimedia Video and that works well.  
So for the audio files, I would use the component File Picker, right?

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/4 "2022-02-10T03:49:48Z")

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Yes, you can upload the mp3 with a file picker.

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### Author: ![Penny\_Davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/penny_davies/32/35811_2.png) [@Penny\_Davies](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Penny_Davies)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/5 "2022-02-10T07:51:07Z")

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Thank you, problem solved with your suggestions.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/adding-an-audio-file-to-glide/38322/6 "2022-02-11T07:51:35Z")

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