unload dynamically loaded swf after displaying it AS3

Question

I am doing a presentation on which I need to use a lot of video clips. I load all these videos dynamically using Loader. I use a code snippet like this:

var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("video.swf");
var a:Loader = new Loader();
a.load(req);
stage.addChild(a);

a Now the issue is: When I get to say the 7th one, it starts lagging. I do not know why, but I think it is because everything is loaded to memory. Is there a way I can erase a video from memory after displaying it? Or is there another solution to this?

Answer 1

I think I found the solution. If you use removeChild, it only stops displaying, but the whole thing is still in memory (cache). So the more you load the videos, the more you fill up the cache. What we need is something that completely clears the cache before loading another video.

I used unloadAndStop() and it seem to have completely done the trick, unless someone has something against it.

Thanks again