// variables
        AVPlayer                *videoPlayer;
        AVPlayerLayer           *videoLayer;
        AVAssetReader           *videoReader;
        AVAssetReaderTrackOutput*videoOutput;





// init
        videoPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:videoPath.c_str()]]];

        if(videoPlayer == nil) {
            NSLog(@"videoPlayer == nil ERROR LOADING %s\n", videoPath.c_str());
        } else {
            NSLog(@"videoPlayer: %@", videoPlayer);
            videoLayer = [[AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:videoPlayer] retain];
            videoLayer.frame = [ThreeDView instance].bounds;
            // [[ThreeDView instance].layer addSublayer:videoLayer]; // test to see if it's loading and running

            AVAsset *asset = videoPlayer.currentItem.asset;
            NSArray *tracks = [asset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
            NSDictionary *settings = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA], (NSString*)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey, nil];

            videoReader = [[AVAssetReader alloc] initWithAsset:asset error:nil];
            videoOutput = [[AVAssetReaderTrackOutput alloc] initWithTrack:[tracks objectAtIndex:0] outputSettings:settings];
            [videoReader addOutput:videoOutput];
            [videoReader startReading];
        }


// draw loop
        if(videoPlayer == 0) {
            ofLog(OF_LOG_WARNING, "Shot::drawVideo: videoPlayer == 0");
            return;
        }

        if(videoOutput == 0) {
            ofLog(OF_LOG_WARNING, "Shot::drawVideo: videoOutput == 0");
            return;
        }

        CMSampleBufferRef sampleBuffer = [videoOutput copyNextSampleBuffer];

        if(sampleBuffer == 0) {
            ofLog(OF_LOG_WARNING, "Shot::drawVideo: sampleBuffer == 0");
            return;
        }

        CVImageBufferRef imageBuffer = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(sampleBuffer);
        CFRelease(sampleBuffer);

        CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(imageBuffer,0);

        unsigned char *pixels = ( unsigned char *)CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(imageBuffer);
        int width = CVPixelBufferGetWidth(imageBuffer);
        int height = CVPixelBufferGetHeight(imageBuffer);

        if(videoTexture.bAllocated() == false || videoTexture.getWidth() != width || videoTexture.getHeight() != height) {
            NSLog(@"Shot::drawVideo() allocating texture %i, %i\n", width, height);
            videoTexture.allocate(width, height, GL_RGBA, true);
        }

        videoTexture.loadData(pixels, width, height, GL_BGRA);

        CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(imageBuffer,0);