diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/CullableFlowContainer.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/CullableFlowContainer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a780239585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/CullableFlowContainer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This is vertical only
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+    public partial class CullableFlowContainer<T> : Container<T> where T : Drawable
+    {
+        public ScrollContainer<Drawable>? ScrollContainer { get; set; }
+
+        public float Spacing { get; set; } = 8;
+        public float CullPadding { get; set; } = 250;
+
+        public float ItemSize { get; set; } = 40;
+
+        private readonly List<T> items = new();
+        private readonly HashSet<T> filteredItems = new();
+        public readonly HashSet<T> VisibleItems = new();
+
+        public IEnumerable<T> Items => items;
+
+        public CullableFlowContainer()
+        {
+            // TODO: Maybe make one that supports having a Direction prop in the future
+
+            // do NOT use AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y
+            // we manually compute the height
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+        }
+
+        public void Sort(Comparison<T> comparison) => items.Sort(comparison);
+
+        public void SetFiltered(T drawable, bool filtered)
+        {
+            if (filtered)
+            {
+                filteredItems.Add(drawable);
+
+                if (VisibleItems.Contains(drawable))
+                {
+                    base.Remove(drawable, false);
+                    VisibleItems.Remove(drawable);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                filteredItems.Remove(drawable);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override void Add(T drawable) => items.Add(drawable);
+
+        public new void AddRange(IEnumerable<T> drawables) => items.AddRange(drawables);
+
+        public override bool Remove(T drawable, bool disposeImmediately)
+        {
+            items.Remove(drawable);
+            filteredItems.Remove(drawable);
+
+            if (VisibleItems.Contains(drawable))
+            {
+                VisibleItems.Remove(drawable);
+                return base.Remove(drawable, disposeImmediately);
+            }
+
+            if (disposeImmediately) drawable.Dispose();
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override void Clear(bool disposeChildren)
+        {
+            if (disposeChildren)
+            {
+                foreach (var item in items)
+                    item.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            items.Clear();
+            filteredItems.Clear();
+            VisibleItems.Clear();
+            base.Clear(false);
+        }
+
+        private ScrollContainer<Drawable>? getScrollContainer()
+        {
+            if (ScrollContainer != null) return ScrollContainer;
+
+            CompositeDrawable parent = Parent;
+
+            while (parent != null)
+            {
+                if (parent is ScrollContainer<Drawable> scroll)
+                    return ScrollContainer = scroll;
+
+                parent = parent.Parent;
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            var scroll = getScrollContainer();
+            if (scroll == null) return;
+
+            float current = (float)scroll.Current;
+            float scrollHeight = scroll.DrawHeight;
+
+            float pos = 0f;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var item = items[i];
+
+                if (filteredItems.Contains(item))
+                    continue;
+
+                // ItemSize here is only a fallback
+                float size = item.DrawHeight > 0 ? item.DrawHeight : (item.Height > 0 ? item.Height : ItemSize);
+
+                item.Y = pos;
+                pos += size + Spacing;
+
+                bool inBounds = item.Y + size >= current - CullPadding &&
+                                item.Y <= current + scrollHeight + CullPadding;
+
+                if (inBounds)
+                {
+                    if (!VisibleItems.Contains(item))
+                    {
+                        base.Add(item);
+                        VisibleItems.Add(item);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (VisibleItems.Contains(item))
+                    {
+                        base.Remove(item, false);
+                        VisibleItems.Remove(item);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (pos > 0) pos -= Spacing;
+
+            Height = pos;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper.cs
index 22e5058615..0b1bbc4057 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Containers/DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers
 {
     public partial class DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper : DelayedLoadWrapper
     {
+        public bool AllowUnloading { get; set; } = true;
+
         private readonly double timeBeforeUnload;
 
         public DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper(Func<Drawable> createContentFunction, double timeBeforeLoad = 500, double timeBeforeUnload = 1000)
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper(Func<Drawable> createContentFunction, double tim
 
         private ScheduledDelegate unloadSchedule;
 
-        protected bool ShouldUnloadContent => timeBeforeUnload == 0 || timeHidden > timeBeforeUnload;
+        protected bool ShouldUnloadContent => AllowUnloading && (timeBeforeUnload == 0 || timeHidden > timeBeforeUnload);
 
         private ScheduledDelegate scheduledUnloadCheckRegistration;
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ private void checkForUnload()
                 Debug.Assert(Content.LoadState >= LoadState.Ready);
 
                 // This code can be expensive, so only run if we haven't yet loaded.
-                if (IsIntersecting)
+                if (IsIntersecting || !AllowUnloading)
                     timeHidden = 0;
                 else
                     timeHidden += unloadClock.ElapsedFrameTime;
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/DuringTransform.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/DuringTransform.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..035b3b84b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/DuringTransform.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace osu.Framework.Graphics.Transforms
+{
+    internal class DuringTransform<T> : Transform<bool, T>
+        where T : class, ITransformable
+    {
+        private static ulong id;
+
+        private readonly Action<T> action;
+
+        public override string TargetMember { get; } = $"During_{System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(ref id)}";
+
+        public DuringTransform(Action<T> action)
+        {
+            this.action = action;
+
+            StartValue = false;
+            EndValue = true;
+        }
+
+        protected override void Apply(T d, double time) => action(d);
+
+        protected override void ReadIntoStartValue(T d) { }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/TransformSequence.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/TransformSequence.cs
index d3536e5744..ca2ec2e419 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/TransformSequence.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Transforms/TransformSequence.cs
@@ -391,6 +391,54 @@ public TransformSequence<T> Delay(double delay, params Generator[] childGenerato
             return Append(childGenerators);
         }
 
+        public TransformSequence<T> During(Action action)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(action);
+
+            return During(_ => action());
+        }
+
+        public TransformSequence<T> During(Action<T> action)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(action);
+
+            var transform = new DuringTransform<T>(action);
+
+            using (origin.BeginAbsoluteSequence(currentTime, false))
+            {
+                origin.PopulateTransform(transform, true, Math.Max(0, endTime - currentTime), Easing.None);
+
+                origin.AddTransform(transform);
+            }
+
+            Add(transform);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public TransformSequence<T> During(double duration, Action action)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(action);
+
+            return During(duration, _ => action());
+        }
+
+        public TransformSequence<T> During(double duration, Action<T> action)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(action);
+
+            var transform = new DuringTransform<T>(action);
+
+            using (origin.BeginAbsoluteSequence(currentTime, false))
+            {
+                origin.PopulateTransform(transform, true, duration, Easing.None);
+
+                origin.AddTransform(transform);
+            }
+
+            Add(transform);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Registers a callback <paramref name="function"/> which is triggered once all <see cref="Transform"/>s in this
         /// <see cref="TransformSequence{T}"/> complete successfully.
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/FFmpegFuncs.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/FFmpegFuncs.cs
index ccdc8de6ad..50c12975af 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/FFmpegFuncs.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/FFmpegFuncs.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ public unsafe class FFmpegFuncs
 
         public delegate AVCodecContext* AvcodecAllocContext3Delegate(AVCodec* codec);
 
+        public delegate AVBufferRef* AvBufferRefDelegate(AVBufferRef* buf);
+
         public delegate void AvcodecFreeContextDelegate(AVCodecContext** avctx);
 
         public delegate int AvcodecParametersToContextDelegate(AVCodecContext* codec, AVCodecParameters* par);
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ public unsafe class FFmpegFuncs
         public AvCodecIsDecoderDelegate av_codec_is_decoder;
         public AvcodecGetHwConfigDelegate avcodec_get_hw_config;
         public AvcodecAllocContext3Delegate avcodec_alloc_context3;
+        public AvBufferRefDelegate av_buffer_ref;
         public AvcodecFreeContextDelegate avcodec_free_context;
         public AvcodecParametersToContextDelegate avcodec_parameters_to_context;
         public AvcodecOpen2Delegate avcodec_open2;
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/VideoDecoder.cs b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/VideoDecoder.cs
index 6b8638a805..87c846eca5 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/VideoDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Graphics/Video/VideoDecoder.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public unsafe class VideoDecoder : IDisposable
         /// </summary>
         public readonly Bindable<HardwareVideoDecoder> TargetHardwareVideoDecoders = new Bindable<HardwareVideoDecoder>();
 
+        private static readonly Dictionary<AVHWDeviceType, IntPtr> hw_device_contexts = new();
+
         // libav-context-related
         private AVFormatContext* formatContext;
         private AVIOContext* ioContext;
@@ -111,23 +113,57 @@ public unsafe class VideoDecoder : IDisposable
 
         static VideoDecoder()
         {
-            if (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux)
+            PreloadLibraries();
+        }
+
+        public static void PreloadLibraries()
+        {
+            string[] libraries = ["avutil", "avcodec", "avformat", "swscale"];
+
+            // FFmpeg.AutoGen doesn't load libraries as RTLD_GLOBAL, so we must load them ourselves to fix inter-library dependencies
+            // otherwise they would fallback to the system-installed libraries that can differ in version installed.
+            foreach (string name in libraries)
             {
-                void loadVersionedLibraryGlobally(string name)
+                int version = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.LibraryVersionMap[name];
+
+                switch (RuntimeInfo.OS)
                 {
-                    int version = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.LibraryVersionMap[name];
-                    Library.Load($"lib{name}.so.{version}", Library.LoadFlags.RTLD_LAZY | Library.LoadFlags.RTLD_GLOBAL);
+                    case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux:
+                        Library.Load($"lib{name}.so.{version}", Library.LoadFlags.RTLD_LAZY | Library.LoadFlags.RTLD_GLOBAL);
+                        break;
+
+                    case RuntimeInfo.Platform.macOS:
+                        NativeLibrary.Load($"{name}.{version}", RuntimeInfo.EntryAssembly, DllImportSearchPath.UseDllDirectoryForDependencies | DllImportSearchPath.SafeDirectories);
+                        break;
+
+                    case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows:
+                        NativeLibrary.Load($"{name}-{version}", RuntimeInfo.EntryAssembly, DllImportSearchPath.UseDllDirectoryForDependencies | DllImportSearchPath.SafeDirectories);
+                        break;
                 }
+            }
+
+            foreach (AVHWDeviceType hwDeviceType in Enum.GetValues<AVHWDeviceType>())
+            {
+                if (hwDeviceType == AVHWDeviceType.AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE)
+                    continue;
 
-                // FFmpeg.AutoGen doesn't load libraries as RTLD_GLOBAL, so we must load them ourselves to fix inter-library dependencies
-                // otherwise they would fallback to the system-installed libraries that can differ in version installed.
-                loadVersionedLibraryGlobally("avutil");
-                loadVersionedLibraryGlobally("avcodec");
-                loadVersionedLibraryGlobally("avformat");
-                loadVersionedLibraryGlobally("swscale");
+                AVBufferRef* hwDeviceCtx = null;
+                if (FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&hwDeviceCtx, hwDeviceType, null, null, 0) == 0)
+                    hw_device_contexts[hwDeviceType] = (IntPtr)hwDeviceCtx;
             }
         }
 
+        public static void UnloadLibraries()
+        {
+            foreach (var (_, ptr) in hw_device_contexts)
+            {
+                var ctx = (AVBufferRef*)ptr;
+                FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.av_buffer_unref(&ctx);
+            }
+
+            hw_device_contexts.Clear();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new video decoder that decodes the given video file.
         /// </summary>
@@ -418,15 +454,19 @@ private void recreateCodecContext()
                 // initialize hardware decode context.
                 if (hwDeviceType != AVHWDeviceType.AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE)
                 {
-                    int hwDeviceCreateResult = ffmpeg.av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&codecContext->hw_device_ctx, hwDeviceType, null, null, 0);
-
-                    if (hwDeviceCreateResult < 0)
+                    if (!hw_device_contexts.TryGetValue(hwDeviceType, out var cachedCtx))
                     {
-                        Logger.Log($"Couldn't create hardware video decoder context {hwDeviceType} for codec {decoder.Name}: {getErrorMessage(hwDeviceCreateResult)}");
+                        Logger.Log($"Couldn't create hardware device context found for {hwDeviceType}, skipping {decoder.Name}");
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    Logger.Log($"Successfully opened hardware video decoder context {hwDeviceType} for codec {decoder.Name}");
+                    codecContext->hw_device_ctx = ffmpeg.av_buffer_ref((AVBufferRef*)cachedCtx);
+
+                    if (codecContext->hw_device_ctx == null)
+                    {
+                        Logger.Log($"Failed to reference hardware device context for {hwDeviceType}, skipping {decoder.Name}");
+                        continue;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 int openCodecResult = ffmpeg.avcodec_open2(codecContext, decoder.Pointer, null);
@@ -873,6 +913,7 @@ protected virtual FFmpegFuncs CreateFuncs()
                 av_codec_is_decoder = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.av_codec_is_decoder,
                 avcodec_get_hw_config = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.avcodec_get_hw_config,
                 avcodec_alloc_context3 = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.avcodec_alloc_context3,
+                av_buffer_ref = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.av_buffer_ref,
                 avcodec_free_context = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.avcodec_free_context,
                 avcodec_parameters_to_context = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.avcodec_parameters_to_context,
                 avcodec_open2 = FFmpeg.AutoGen.ffmpeg.avcodec_open2,