[guilib][gif] Make animated gifs loadable for any kind of textures, e.g., posters.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/xbmc/guilib/GUITexture.cpp b/xbmc/guilib/GUITexture.cpp
index 5e719217a7..5a6ffa0fe5 100644
--- a/xbmc/guilib/GUITexture.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/guilib/GUITexture.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "TextureManager.h"
 #include "GUILargeTextureManager.h"
 #include "utils/MathUtils.h"
+#include "utils/StringUtils.h"
 
 CTextureInfo::CTextureInfo()
 {
@@ -657,6 +658,14 @@ bool CGUITextureBase::SetFileName(const std::string& filename)
   // filenames mid-animation
   FreeResources();
   m_info.filename = filename;
+
+  // disable large loader and cache for gifs
+  if (StringUtils::EndsWithNoCase(m_info.filename, ".gif"))
+  {
+    m_info.useLarge = false;
+    SetUseCache(false);
+  }
+
   // Don't allocate resources here as this is done at render time
   return true;
 }