From f01ceab3e721ca18ab7133efa93fa515d9996b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Jensen <jensen39@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:04:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Reuse the existing AVPlayer when it's available in fetchData

---
 AsyncDisplayKit/ASVideoNode.mm | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASVideoNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASVideoNode.mm
index 5170e2e1..fc3e8e13 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASVideoNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASVideoNode.mm
@@ -270,7 +270,12 @@ static NSString * const kStatus = @"status";
 
     AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [self constructPlayerItem];
     self.currentItem = playerItem;
-    self.player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
+
+    if (_player != nil) {
+      [_player replaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
+    } else {
+      self.player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
+    }
 
     if (_placeholderImageNode.image == nil) {
       [self generatePlaceholderImage];