# system.util.playSoundClip

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-playsoundclip/58193>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 7, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-playsoundclip/58193 "2022-04-07T20:03:03Z")\
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The right way would be to upgrade 🙂  
It's free to upgrade to the latest release of the same major version.

The workaround solution would be to use the iframe-based 'hack' described here:

> [@\[feature-12986, 15300\]Unacknowledged Alarm Sound](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-12986-15300-unacknowledged-alarm-sound/25460/3):
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> Use an invisible IFrame, and bind src to (don’t take this literally wink ): if(something = 1, 'http://path/to/some/noise.mp3', '' )

You'll need to host your files in some way that's accessible (over the network) to everywhere you're launching Perspective sessions from.

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