PIXI cache on repeated loads?

[charlie_says]

Hi,

I'm certain there will be a way of doing this, but having looked through the docs I'm not seeing the answer...

I'm loading some videos like this:

const videoPathAndName: string = pathTo+'video/'+level+'/video/'+name;

let videotexture = PIXI.VideoBaseTexture.fromUrls([
	{ src: videoPathAndName+'.webm', mime: 'video/webm' },
	{ src: videoPathAndName+'.mp4', mime: 'video/mp4' },
	{ src: videoPathAndName+'.ogv', mime: 'video/ogv' }
]);
videotexture.autoPlay = false;

this._texture = new PIXI.Texture(videotexture);

this._texture.baseTexture.on('loaded',this._checkLoaded);

which works fine.

But, what I wondered was: as I repeat various sections  whether I could check whether the video was already in the cache before trying to load? This would save repeated loads.

Or does the loader handle this already?

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

[ivan.popelyshev]

Pixi loader has no connection to "from" methods. Yes, its done through the cache, but in that case  (three sources) I dont know whether it works. Please check all the BaseTexture, Texture, VideoBaseTexture, TextureCache (in utils) code sources. May be you have to debug it

[charlie_says]

hmmm I guess from the repo:

github videobasetexture.js

That's probably a no then...

[charlie_says]

Ahh... there may be a way - but, if I load the videos the above way, how can I set it's name in the cache?

[ivan.popelyshev]

Manually. There're cache-related operation in Texture. I really dont want to look at the code inside, my brains are already full of trash:)

[charlie_says]

Ha @ivan.popelyshev I hear that!

So, I've got an idea, but I can't seem to get it working...

I can set an ID to the video tag in the page

videotexture.source.id = name;

but

trying

console.log(document.getElementById(name),'<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<')

returns null.

 

 

[ivan.popelyshev]

Are you sure that you've read pixi cache thingy? Please look closer, it does not use DOM id's at all.

[charlie_says]

Yeah, that was a wrong turn, although, you should be able to add videos from an element using

PIXI.VideoBaseTexture.fromVideo()

I'd hoped to add an id to the DOM element, and then reuse it... (didn't get it to work obviously)

Adding a reference to the baseTexture cache then allows me to retrieve it later

PIXI.utils.BaseTextureCache[this._videoName] = this._videoTexture.baseTexture;