diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
index 4578da8279..14d7f87c3e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations
 
                 RegisterSingleInstance(TaskManager);
 
-                HttpClient = new HttpClientManager.HttpClientManager(ApplicationPaths, Logger);
+                HttpClient = new HttpClientManager.HttpClientManager(ApplicationPaths, Logger, JsonSerializer);
                 RegisterSingleInstance(HttpClient);
 
                 NetworkManager = new NetworkManager();
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
index 1b1d37ff26..a8e5b3e797 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Cache;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
@@ -31,13 +34,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         /// The _app paths
         /// </summary>
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
-        
+
+        private readonly IJsonSerializer _jsonSerializer;
+        //private readonly FileSystemRepository _cacheRepository;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HttpClientManager" /> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="appPaths">The kernel.</param>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        public HttpClientManager(IApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogger logger)
+        /// <param name="jsonSerializer">The json serializer.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
+        /// appPaths
+        /// or
+        /// logger
+        /// </exception>
+        public HttpClientManager(IApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogger logger, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer)
         {
             if (appPaths == null)
             {
@@ -47,9 +59,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("logger");
             }
-            
+
             _logger = logger;
+            _jsonSerializer = jsonSerializer;
             _appPaths = appPaths;
+
+            //_cacheRepository = new FileSystemRepository(Path.Combine(_appPaths.CachePath, "http"));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -77,8 +92,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             {
                 var handler = new WebRequestHandler
                 {
-                    //AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
-                    CachePolicy = new RequestCachePolicy(RequestCacheLevel.Revalidate)
+                    CachePolicy = new RequestCachePolicy(RequestCacheLevel.BypassCache)
                 };
 
                 client = new HttpClient(handler);
@@ -102,10 +116,42 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         {
             ValidateParams(url, cancellationToken);
 
+            //var urlHash = url.GetMD5().ToString();
+            //var infoPath = _cacheRepository.GetResourcePath(urlHash + ".js");
+            //var responsePath = _cacheRepository.GetResourcePath(urlHash + ".dat");
+
+            //HttpResponseInfo cachedInfo = null;
+
+            //try
+            //{
+            //    cachedInfo = _jsonSerializer.DeserializeFromFile<HttpResponseInfo>(infoPath);
+            //}
+            //catch (FileNotFoundException)
+            //{
+
+            //}
+
+            //if (cachedInfo != null && !cachedInfo.MustRevalidate && cachedInfo.Expires.HasValue && cachedInfo.Expires.Value > DateTime.UtcNow)
+            //{
+            //    return GetCachedResponse(responsePath);
+            //}
+
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
             var message = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
 
+            //if (cachedInfo != null)
+            //{
+            //    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cachedInfo.Etag))
+            //    {
+            //        message.Headers.Add("If-None-Match", cachedInfo.Etag);
+            //    }
+            //    else if (cachedInfo.LastModified.HasValue)
+            //    {
+            //        message.Headers.IfModifiedSince = new DateTimeOffset(cachedInfo.LastModified.Value);
+            //    }
+            //}
+
             if (resourcePool != null)
             {
                 await resourcePool.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -123,6 +169,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
                     cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+                    //cachedInfo = UpdateInfoCache(cachedInfo, url, infoPath, response);
+
+                    //if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotModified)
+                    //{
+                    //    return GetCachedResponse(responsePath);
+                    //}
+
+                    //if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cachedInfo.Etag) || cachedInfo.LastModified.HasValue || (cachedInfo.Expires.HasValue && cachedInfo.Expires.Value > DateTime.UtcNow))
+                    //{
+                    //    await UpdateResponseCache(response, responsePath).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    //    return GetCachedResponse(responsePath);
+                    //}
+
                     return await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
@@ -150,7 +210,108 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                 }
             }
         }
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the cached response.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="responsePath">The response path.</param>
+        /// <returns>Stream.</returns>
+        private Stream GetCachedResponse(string responsePath)
+        {
+            return File.OpenRead(responsePath);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Updates the cache.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="cachedInfo">The cached info.</param>
+        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
+        /// <param name="path">The path.</param>
+        /// <param name="response">The response.</param>
+        private HttpResponseInfo UpdateInfoCache(HttpResponseInfo cachedInfo, string url, string path, HttpResponseMessage response)
+        {
+            var fileExists = true;
+
+            if (cachedInfo == null)
+            {
+                cachedInfo = new HttpResponseInfo();
+                fileExists = false;
+            }
+
+            cachedInfo.Url = url;
+
+            var etag = response.Headers.ETag;
+            if (etag != null)
+            {
+                cachedInfo.Etag = etag.Tag;
+            }
+
+            var modified = response.Content.Headers.LastModified;
+
+            if (modified.HasValue)
+            {
+                cachedInfo.LastModified = modified.Value.UtcDateTime;
+            }
+            else if (response.Headers.Age.HasValue)
+            {
+                cachedInfo.LastModified = DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(response.Headers.Age.Value);
+            }
+
+            var expires = response.Content.Headers.Expires;
+
+            if (expires.HasValue)
+            {
+                cachedInfo.Expires = expires.Value.UtcDateTime;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var cacheControl = response.Headers.CacheControl;
+
+                if (cacheControl != null)
+                {
+                    if (cacheControl.MaxAge.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        var baseline = cachedInfo.LastModified ?? DateTime.UtcNow;
+                        cachedInfo.Expires = baseline.Add(cacheControl.MaxAge.Value);
+                    }
+
+                    cachedInfo.MustRevalidate = cacheControl.MustRevalidate;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cachedInfo.Etag) && !cachedInfo.Expires.HasValue && !cachedInfo.LastModified.HasValue)
+            {
+                // Nothing to cache
+                if (fileExists)
+                {
+                    File.Delete(path);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _jsonSerializer.SerializeToFile(cachedInfo, path);
+            }
+
+            return cachedInfo;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Updates the response cache.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="response">The response.</param>
+        /// <param name="path">The path.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+        private async Task UpdateResponseCache(HttpResponseMessage response, string path)
+        {
+            using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                using (var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read, StreamDefaults.DefaultFileStreamBufferSize, FileOptions.Asynchronous))
+                {
+                    await stream.CopyToAsync(fs).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Performs a POST request
         /// </summary>
@@ -259,10 +420,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
                     options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                    IEnumerable<string> lengthValues;
+                    var contentLength = GetContentLength(response);
 
-                    if (!response.Headers.TryGetValues("content-length", out lengthValues) &&
-                        !response.Content.Headers.TryGetValues("content-length", out lengthValues))
+                    if (!contentLength.HasValue)
                     {
                         // We're not able to track progress
                         using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
@@ -275,9 +435,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        var length = long.Parse(string.Join(string.Empty, lengthValues.ToArray()), UsCulture);
-
-                        using (var stream = ProgressStream.CreateReadProgressStream(await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false), options.Progress.Report, length))
+                        using (var stream = ProgressStream.CreateReadProgressStream(await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false), options.Progress.Report, contentLength.Value))
                         {
                             using (var fs = new FileStream(tempFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read, StreamDefaults.DefaultFileStreamBufferSize, FileOptions.Asynchronous))
                             {
@@ -306,6 +464,23 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             return tempFile;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the length of the content.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="response">The response.</param>
+        /// <returns>System.Nullable{System.Int64}.</returns>
+        private long? GetContentLength(HttpResponseMessage response)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<string> lengthValues;
+
+            if (!response.Headers.TryGetValues("content-length", out lengthValues) && !response.Content.Headers.TryGetValues("content-length", out lengthValues))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return long.Parse(string.Join(string.Empty, lengthValues.ToArray()), UsCulture);
+        }
+
         protected static readonly CultureInfo UsCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -348,41 +523,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
             throw ex;
         }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Downloads the contents of a given url into a MemoryStream
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
-        /// <param name="resourcePool">The resource pool.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{MemoryStream}.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException"></exception>
-        public async Task<MemoryStream> GetMemoryStream(string url, SemaphoreSlim resourcePool, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            ValidateParams(url, cancellationToken);
-
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            _logger.Info("HttpClientManager.GetMemoryStream url: {0}", url);
-
-            var ms = new MemoryStream();
-
-            try
-            {
-                using (var stream = await Get(url, resourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
-                {
-                    await stream.CopyToAsync(ms, StreamDefaults.DefaultCopyToBufferSize, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-
-                return ms;
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                ms.Dispose();
-
-                throw;
-            }
-        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Validates the params.
@@ -499,16 +639,5 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         {
             return Post(url, postData, null, cancellationToken);
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the memory stream.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{MemoryStream}.</returns>
-        public Task<MemoryStream> GetMemoryStream(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            return GetMemoryStream(url, null, cancellationToken);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpResponseInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpResponseInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..240e99d796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpResponseInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.HttpClientManager
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class HttpResponseOutput
+    /// </summary>
+    public class HttpResponseInfo
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the URL.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The URL.</value>
+        public string Url { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the etag.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The etag.</value>
+        public string Etag { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the last modified.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The last modified.</value>
+        public DateTime? LastModified { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the expires.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The expires.</value>
+        public DateTime? Expires { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether [must revalidate].
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value><c>true</c> if [must revalidate]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
+        public bool MustRevalidate { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.csproj
index 2fe309ceeb..1f5c93988a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.csproj
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     <Compile Include="BaseApplicationPaths.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\BaseConfigurationManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpClientManager\HttpClientManager.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpClientManager\HttpResponseInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\LogHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\NLogger.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\NlogManager.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/IHttpClient.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/IHttpClient.cs
index f443341a0e..87f9b5d712 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/IHttpClient.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/IHttpClient.cs
@@ -58,23 +58,5 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">progress</exception>
         /// <exception cref="MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException"></exception>
         Task<string> GetTempFile(HttpRequestOptions options);
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Downloads the contents of a given url into a MemoryStream
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
-        /// <param name="resourcePool">The resource pool.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{MemoryStream}.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException"></exception>
-        Task<MemoryStream> GetMemoryStream(string url, SemaphoreSlim resourcePool, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the memory stream.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{MemoryStream}.</returns>
-        Task<MemoryStream> GetMemoryStream(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Movies/TmdbPersonProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Movies/TmdbPersonProvider.cs
index 699c5473b4..583e0bb97b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Movies/TmdbPersonProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/Movies/TmdbPersonProvider.cs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.Movies
             var localPath = Path.Combine(item.MetaLocation, targetName);
             if (!item.ResolveArgs.ContainsMetaFileByName(targetName))
             {
-                using (var sourceStream = await HttpClient.GetMemoryStream(source, MovieDbProvider.Current.MovieDbResourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                using (var sourceStream = await HttpClient.Get(source, MovieDbProvider.Current.MovieDbResourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
                 {
                     await ProviderManager.SaveToLibraryFilesystem(item, localPath, sourceStream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Providers/ProviderManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Providers/ProviderManager.cs
index 97548140c6..e4f57e8d94 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Providers/ProviderManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Providers/ProviderManager.cs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Providers
             {
                 item.ProviderData[_supportedProvidersKey] = supportedProvidersInfo;
             }
-            
+
             return result || providersChanged;
         }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Providers
                 }
                 catch (ObjectDisposedException)
                 {
-                    
+
                 }
             }
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Providers
                 Path.Combine(item.MetaLocation, targetName) :
                 _remoteImageCache.GetResourcePath(item.GetType().FullName + item.Path.ToLower(), targetName);
 
-            var img = await _httpClient.GetMemoryStream(source, resourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var img = await _httpClient.Get(source, resourcePool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (ConfigurationManager.Configuration.SaveLocalMeta) // queue to media directories
             {
@@ -422,12 +422,32 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Providers
                 throw new ArgumentNullException();
             }
 
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                dataToSave.Dispose();
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            }
 
             //Tell the watchers to ignore
             _directoryWatchers.TemporarilyIgnore(path);
 
-            dataToSave.Position = 0;
+            if (dataToSave.CanSeek)
+            {
+                dataToSave.Position = 0;
+            }
+
+            if (!(dataToSave is MemoryStream || dataToSave is FileStream))
+            {
+                var ms = new MemoryStream();
+
+                using (var input = dataToSave)
+                {
+                    await input.CopyToAsync(ms).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+
+                ms.Position = 0;
+                dataToSave = ms;
+            }
 
             try
             {