diff --git a/src/core/textures/Texture.js b/src/core/textures/Texture.js
index 74433ab..7628ff3 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/Texture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/Texture.js
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@
             frame = new math.Rectangle(0, 0, baseTexture.width, baseTexture.height);
         }
         this.frame = frame;
+
+
     }
     else
     {
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@
         this.frame = this._frame;
     }
 
-    this.dispatchEvent( { type: 'update', content: this } );
+    this.emit( 'update', this );
 };
 
 /**
@@ -317,6 +319,11 @@
     return new Texture(VideoBaseTexture.baseTextureFromVideo(video, scaleMode));
 };
 
+Texture.fromVideoUrl = function (videoUrl, scaleMode)
+{
+    return new Texture(VideoBaseTexture.fromUrl(videoUrl, scaleMode));
+};
+
 /**
  * Adds a texture to the global utils.TextureCache. This cache is shared across the whole PIXI object.
  *

diff --git a/src/core/textures/Texture.js b/src/core/textures/Texture.js
index 74433ab..7628ff3 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/Texture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/Texture.js
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@
             frame = new math.Rectangle(0, 0, baseTexture.width, baseTexture.height);
         }
         this.frame = frame;
+
+
     }
     else
     {
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@
         this.frame = this._frame;
     }
 
-    this.dispatchEvent( { type: 'update', content: this } );
+    this.emit( 'update', this );
 };
 
 /**
@@ -317,6 +319,11 @@
     return new Texture(VideoBaseTexture.baseTextureFromVideo(video, scaleMode));
 };
 
+Texture.fromVideoUrl = function (videoUrl, scaleMode)
+{
+    return new Texture(VideoBaseTexture.fromUrl(videoUrl, scaleMode));
+};
+
 /**
  * Adds a texture to the global utils.TextureCache. This cache is shared across the whole PIXI object.
  *
diff --git a/src/core/textures/VideoBaseTexture.js b/src/core/textures/VideoBaseTexture.js
index 7ead661..b323184 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/VideoBaseTexture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/VideoBaseTexture.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     video.load();
     video.play();
 
-    return VideoBaseTexture.textureFromVideo(video, scaleMode);
+    return VideoBaseTexture.fromVideo(video, scaleMode);
 };
 
 VideoBaseTexture.fromUrls = VideoBaseTexture.fromUrl;