diff --git a/aegisub/src/options.cpp b/aegisub/src/options.cpp
index 6c914e0de..b52d16f9a 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/options.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/options.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ void OptionsManager::LoadDefaults(bool onlyDefaults,bool doOverride) {
 	#else
 	SetText(_T("Subtitles Provider"),_T(DEFAULT_PROVIDER_SUBTITLE));
 	#endif
+	SetInt(_T("Video cache size"), 32);
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource max cache size"),42);
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource max cache files"),20);
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource always index all tracks"), true);
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_frame.h b/aegisub/src/video_frame.h
index 8b8dad5f2..e6d4ab17a 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_frame.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_frame.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ enum VideoFrameFormat {
 /// DOCME
 class AegiVideoFrame {
 private:
-	unsigned int memSize; /// The size in bytes of the frame buffer
 	/// Whether the object owns its buffer. If this is false, **data should never be modified
 	bool ownMem;
 	void Reset();
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ private:
 public:
 	void Allocate();
 
+	unsigned int memSize; /// The size in bytes of the frame buffer
+
 	/// Pointers to the data planes. Interleaved formats only use data[0]
 	unsigned char *data[4];
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.cpp b/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.cpp
index 9cfcb2e00..560a6fde2 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 ///////////
 // Headers
 #include "config.h"
+#include "options.h"
 
 #include "video_provider_cache.h"
 
@@ -92,8 +93,10 @@ const AegiVideoFrame VideoProviderCache::GetFrame(int n) {
 /// @param n 
 ///
 void VideoProviderCache::SetCacheMax(int n) {
-	if (n < 0) n = 0;
-	cacheMax = n;
+	if (n <= 0)
+		cacheMax = 0;
+	else
+		cacheMax = Options.AsInt(_T("Video cache size")) << 20; // convert MB to bytes
 }
 
 
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ void VideoProviderCache::Cache(int n,const AegiVideoFrame frame) {
 	if (cacheMax == 0) return;
 
 	// Cache full, use frame at front
-	if (cache.size() >= cacheMax) {
+	if (GetCurCacheSize() >= cacheMax) {
 		cache.push_back(cache.front());
 		cache.pop_front();
 	}
@@ -135,6 +138,13 @@ void VideoProviderCache::ClearCache() {
 }
 
 
+unsigned VideoProviderCache::GetCurCacheSize() {
+	int sz = 0;
+	for (std::list<CachedFrame>::iterator i = cache.begin(); i != cache.end(); i++)
+		sz += i->frame.memSize;
+	return sz;
+}
+
 
 /// @brief Wrapper methods 
 /// @return 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.h b/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.h
index 927f47046..222f86889 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_provider_cache.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-
 /// DOCME
 /// @class VideoProviderCache
 /// @brief DOCME
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ private:
 protected:
 	// Cache functions
 	void SetCacheMax(int n_frames);
+	unsigned GetCurCacheSize();
 	void ClearCache();
 
 public: