diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.h b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.h
index 0289b31..ca15d8d 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.h
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <AVKit/AVKit.h>
+@class MVMCoreErrorObject;
 
 //block returned when getting image
 //parameters are UIImage object for the image, NSData for gif images, UIImage object for the image, A BOOL to indicate if it is a fall back image.
@@ -152,4 +154,13 @@ typedef void(^MVMCoreGetImageBlock)(UIImage * _Nullable, NSData * _Nullable, BOO
 // clears the image cache
 - (void)clearImageCache;
 
+#pragma mark - Video Functions
+
+/// Loads an AVPlayerAsset from the shared asset cache. Uses default track keys of "duration" and "playable".
+- (void)playerAssetFromFileName:(nonnull NSString *)filename onComplete:(void(^_Nonnull)(AVAsset * _Nullable, NSString * _Nonnull, MVMCoreErrorObject * _Nullable))completionHandler;
+
+/// Loads an AVPlayerAsset from the shared asset cache.
+- (void)playerAssetFromFileName:(nonnull NSString *)filename trackKeys:(nonnull NSArray *)trackKeys onComplete:(void(^_Nonnull)(AVAsset * _Nullable, NSString * _Nonnull, MVMCoreErrorObject * _Nullable))completionHandler;
+
+
 @end
diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
index 27eabb9..c402552 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #import "MVMCoreConstants.h"
 #import "MVMCoreActionUtility.h"
 #import "MVMCoreLoggingHandler.h"
+#import "MVMCoreDispatchUtility.h"
+#import "MVMCoreErrorConstants.h"
 
 @interface MVMCoreCache ()
 
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@
 
 // For thread safety
 @property (strong, nonatomic) dispatch_queue_t imageCacheQueue;
+@property (nonnull, strong, nonatomic) dispatch_queue_t videoQueue;
+
+@property (nullable, strong, nonatomic) NSCache *playerItemCache;
 
 @end
 
@@ -58,6 +63,9 @@ static NSString * const STATIC_CACHE_COMPONENT = @"StaticCache.txt";
         self.imageCacheQueue = dispatch_queue_create("imgCache", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
         
         self.imageBundles = [NSMutableArray array];
+        
+        self.videoQueue = dispatch_queue_create("video_queue", dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class(DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL, QOS_CLASS_USER_INTERACTIVE, 0));
+        self.playerItemCache = [[NSCache alloc] init];
     }
     return self;
 }
@@ -664,6 +672,7 @@ static NSString * const STATIC_CACHE_COMPONENT = @"StaticCache.txt";
     dispatch_barrier_async(self.imageCacheQueue, ^{
         [self.imgCache removeAllObjects];
     });
+    [self.playerItemCache removeAllObjects];
 }
 
 - (void)removeImageFromCache:(nonnull NSString *)imageName {
@@ -691,4 +700,50 @@ static NSString * const STATIC_CACHE_COMPONENT = @"StaticCache.txt";
     }
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Video Functions
+
+- (void)playerAssetFromFileName:(NSString *)filename onComplete:(void(^)(AVAsset * _Nullable, NSString * _Nonnull, MVMCoreErrorObject * _Nullable))completionHandler {
+    [self playerAssetFromFileName:filename trackKeys:@[@"playable",@"duration"] onComplete:completionHandler];
+}
+
+- (void)playerAssetFromFileName:(NSString *)filename trackKeys:(NSArray *)trackKeys onComplete:(void(^)(AVAsset * _Nullable, NSString * _Nonnull, MVMCoreErrorObject * _Nullable))completionHandler {
+    [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlock:^{
+        //get the video url, can be downloaded or assets
+        NSURL *url;
+        MVMCoreErrorObject *error = nil;
+        __block AVAsset *item = [self.playerItemCache objectForKey:filename];
+        if (!item) {
+            if ([filename hasPrefix:@"http"]) {
+                url = [NSURL URLWithString:filename];
+            } else {
+                url = [[MVMCoreGetterUtility bundleForMVMCore] URLForResource:filename withExtension:@"mp4"];
+            }
+            if (url) {
+                item = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:url options:@{AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey:@YES}];
+                [self.playerItemCache setObject:item forKey:filename]; // Set initial vanilla AVURLAsset.
+            } else {
+                error = [[MVMCoreErrorObject alloc] initWithTitle:nil messageToLog:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid URL: %@", filename] code:0 domain:ErrorDomainNative location:nil];
+            }
+        } else {
+            MVMCoreLog(@"Loading video from cache: %@", filename);
+        }
+        
+        if (!item) {
+            if (!error) {
+                error = [[MVMCoreErrorObject alloc] initWithTitle:nil messageToLog:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Failed to initialize asset for URL: %@", filename] code:0 domain:ErrorDomainNative location:nil];
+            }
+            [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
+                completionHandler(nil, filename, error);
+            }];
+        } else {
+            // Load the duration key up front off of the main thread. Later duration will be used for seek and loop calculations.
+            [item loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:trackKeys completionHandler:^{
+                [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
+                    completionHandler(item, filename, error);
+                }];
+            }];
+        }
+    } onQueue:self.videoQueue];
+}
+
 @end