Re: [YouTube-API] AS3 Youtube player will not unload, causing a memory leak.

Hello,
The AS3 Youtube player will still not unload, causing a memory leak. The AS3 Vimeo player, by contrast, shuts down correctly and does not create a memory leak.  I've updated the example swf to show both players for reference, with code.

Thanks for your attention.
-Matt

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Matthew Woomer <matt@bluemammothgames.com> wrote:

Hello,
The AS3 Youtube player will not unload, causing a memory leak.  I've attached a very simple runnable example of the problem with the code. Click the blue button to load and unload the video (let the player fully load, I removed the player-not-yet-loaded checks for readability)

Here is the relevant AS3 unloading code, in case anyone could see a problem on my end with it:
            if (mVideoLoader)
            {               
                mVideoLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.INIT, LoaderInitHandler);
                mVideoLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, LoaderNoOp);
                mVideoLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, LoaderNoOp);

                var player:Object = mVideoLoader.content;
                player.removeEventListener("onReady", PlayerReadyHandler);
                player.stopVideo();
                player.destroy();
                player = null;

                mVideoLoader.unloadAndStop(true);
               
                if (mVideoLoader.parent)
                    mVideoLoader.parent.removeChild(mVideoLoader);   
               
                mVideoLoader = null;
            }

My current best guess is that the loader is a victim of this Flash bug: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3071138 in which case the workaround in the player would be very simple.

Thanks, Matt

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