diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index 05f90d3b..28dc8542 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -2109,10 +2109,10 @@ func C_RTMPSockBuf_Send(sb *C_RTMPSockBuf, buf *byte, l int32) int32 {
 // int RTMP_Write(RTMP* r, const char* buf, int size);
 // rtmp.c +5095
 func C_RTMP_Write(r *C_RTMP, data []byte) int {
-	buf := sliceToPtr(data)
+	buf := data
 	// TODO: port RTMPPacket
 	var pkt = &r.m_write
-	var pend, enc unsafe.Pointer
+	var pend, enc []byte
 	size := len(data)
 	s2 := size
 	var ret, num int
@@ -2127,19 +2127,21 @@ func C_RTMP_Write(r *C_RTMP, data []byte) int {
 				return 0
 			}
 
-			if (*[_Gi]byte)(buf)[0] == 'F' && (*[_Gi]byte)(buf)[1] == 'L' && (*[_Gi]byte)(buf)[2] == 'V' {
-				buf = unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(buf) + uintptr(13))
+			if buf[0] == 'F' && buf[1] == 'L' && buf[2] == 'V' {
+				//buf = unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(buf) + uintptr(13))
+				buf = buf[13:]
 				s2 -= 13
 			}
 
-			pkt.m_packetType = uint8((*[_Gi]byte)(buf)[0])
-			buf = incBytePtr(buf, 1)
-			pkt.m_nBodySize = uint32(C_AMF_DecodeInt24((*byte)(buf)))
-			buf = incBytePtr(buf, 3)
-			pkt.m_nTimeStamp = uint32(C_AMF_DecodeInt24((*byte)(buf)))
-			buf = incBytePtr(buf, 3)
-			pkt.m_nTimeStamp |= uint32((*[_Gi]byte)(buf)[0]) << 24
-			buf = incBytePtr(buf, 4)
+			pkt.m_packetType = uint8(buf[0])
+			buf = buf[1:]
+			pkt.m_nBodySize = uint32(C_AMF_DecodeInt24(&buf[0]))
+			//buf = incBytePtr(buf, 3)
+			buf = buf[3:]
+			pkt.m_nTimeStamp = uint32(C_AMF_DecodeInt24(&buf[0]))
+			buf = buf[3:]
+			pkt.m_nTimeStamp |= uint32(buf[0]) << 24
+			buf = buf[4:]
 			s2 -= 11
 
 			if ((pkt.m_packetType == RTMP_PACKET_TYPE_AUDIO ||
@@ -2160,27 +2162,34 @@ func C_RTMP_Write(r *C_RTMP, data []byte) int {
 				return 0
 			}
 
-			enc = unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body)
-			pend = incBytePtr(enc, int(pkt.m_nBodySize))
+			enc = (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body))[:pkt.m_nBodySize]
+			//pend = incBytePtr(enc, int(pkt.m_nBodySize))
+			pend = enc[pkt.m_nBodySize:]
 
 			if pkt.m_packetType == RTMP_PACKET_TYPE_INFO {
-				enc = unsafe.Pointer(C_AMF_EncodeString((*byte)(enc), (*byte)(pend), &setDataFrame))
-				pkt.m_nBytesRead = uint32(math.Abs(float64(uintptr(enc) -
+				enc = (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(C_AMF_EncodeString((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&enc[0])),
+					(*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pend[0])), &setDataFrame)))[:pkt.m_nBodySize]
+
+				// TODO: work out what to do with this
+				pkt.m_nBytesRead = uint32(math.Abs(float64(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&enc[0])) -
 					uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body)))))
 			}
 
 		} else {
-			enc = incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body), int(pkt.m_nBytesRead))
+			enc = ((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body))[:pkt.m_nBodySize])[pkt.m_nBytesRead:]
+			//enc = incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(pkt.m_body), int(pkt.m_nBytesRead))
 		}
 		num = int(pkt.m_nBodySize - pkt.m_nBytesRead)
 		if num > s2 {
 			num = s2
 		}
 
-		memmove(enc, buf, uintptr(num))
+		copy(enc[:num], buf[:num])
+		//memmove(enc, buf, uintptr(num))
 		pkt.m_nBytesRead += uint32(num)
 		s2 -= num
-		buf = incBytePtr(buf, num)
+		//buf = incBytePtr(buf, num)
+		buf = buf[num:]
 		if pkt.m_nBytesRead == pkt.m_nBodySize {
 			// TODO: Port this
 			ret = C_RTMP_SendPacket(r, pkt, 0)
@@ -2191,7 +2200,8 @@ func C_RTMP_Write(r *C_RTMP, data []byte) int {
 			if ret == 0 {
 				return -1
 			}
-			buf = incBytePtr(buf, 4)
+			buf = buf[4:]
+			//buf = incBytePtr(buf, 4)
 			s2 -= 4
 			if s2 < 0 {
 				break