Play / pause scene

Is there a way, maybe with the api, to pause and then resume a scene. I want to stop it consuming resources when we load a video in the same tab, and it takes a ton of resources, causes video to stutter. So if I could pause shapespark, i could pause it consuming resources, maybe. Thanks.

Shapespark scene is continuously rendered if it has any video texture or any water material. Without them a scene stops to render when the camera is not moving.