Delays in my SWF Playback

Flash Wizards Help!
I just finished working on a 12 minute animation in Flash
(after only 4 years).
The cartoon has sounds and music contained within it.
Whenever I quick-preview the film in Flash (through SWF
-command/return), everything lines up perfectly.
Now, when I preview the cartoon in a web browser, or through
my website, there are lags throughout, and the music doesn't stay
on queue-- it falls behind. I tried this preview in Shockwave and
HMTL mode.
The Flash file itself is 383 MB, and the SWF is 25 MB.
Is there a way to get a smooth undelayed performance for the
web? I did check the Bandwidth Profiler and I do have quite a few
scenes that are above the red line. I wouldn't know how to trim
that, since most of the files over the line are symbols in
transformation, or a combination of voice over, sound effects, and
music.
If anyone knows a way to resolve this ever-depressing
dilemma, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time and
input!
Arthur

Thanks for the suggestions. I will create a preloader for the
file. Regarding my audio....I have many overlapping
sounds....voices, music and sounds effects....They are set on
separate layers as "Sync: event" (not streaming). The problem with
the score is, I have a long take (about a minute) and it runs
through several scenes. It's here that the music starts lagging,
along with a slow down between scenes overall (when viewed through
a browser). I don't have many jpegs, if any at all. I just have to
figure out a way to simplify the files, and that seems very
difficult. Thanks again for your help! I'll see what other
solutions pop up.

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