diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index a45e4b7c..aac7f2b6 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math"
+	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/chamaken/cgolmnl/inet"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -145,9 +148,9 @@ const (
 	int64Size = 8
 )
 
-//memmove copies n bytes from "from" to "to".
-//go:linkname memmove runtime.memmove
-func memmove(to, from unsafe.Pointer, n uintptr)
+func memmove(to, from unsafe.Pointer, n uintptr) {
+	copy(ptrToSlice(to, int(n)), ptrToSlice(from,int(n)))
+}
 
 // av_setDataFrame is a static const global in rtmp.c
 var setDataFrame = AVC("@setDataFrame")
@@ -652,7 +655,7 @@ func rtmpConnect0(r *C.RTMP, service *C.sockaddr) int {
 	r.m_sb.sb_socket = C.socket(C.AF_INET, C.SOCK_STREAM, C.IPPROTO_TCP)
 
 	if r.m_sb.sb_socket != -1 {
-		if C.connect(r.m_sb.sb_socket, service, C.uint(unsafe.Sizeof(*service))) < 0 {
+		if C.connect(r.m_sb.sb_socket, service, C.socklen_t(unsafe.Sizeof(*service))) < 0 {
 			log.Println("rtmpConnect0, failed to connect socket.")
 		}
 
@@ -675,13 +678,13 @@ func rtmpConnect0(r *C.RTMP, service *C.sockaddr) int {
 		tv := C.int(r.Link.timeout * 1000)
 
 		if C.setsockopt(r.m_sb.sb_socket, C.SOL_SOCKET, C.SO_RCVTIMEO,
-			unsafe.Pointer(&tv), C.uint(unsafe.Sizeof(tv))) != 0 {
+			unsafe.Pointer(&tv), C.socklen_t(unsafe.Sizeof(tv))) != 0 {
 			log.Println("rtmpConnect0: Setting socket timeout failed")
 		}
 	}
 
 	C.setsockopt(r.m_sb.sb_socket, C.IPPROTO_TCP, C.TCP_NODELAY,
-		unsafe.Pointer(&on), C.uint(unsafe.Sizeof(on)))
+		unsafe.Pointer(&on), C.socklen_t(unsafe.Sizeof(on)))
 
 	return 1
 }
@@ -709,15 +712,17 @@ func rtmpConnect1(r *C.RTMP, cp *C.RTMPPacket) int {
 
 // TODO: complete this
 
-
 func handShake(r *C.RTMP, FP9HandShake int32) int {
-	var i, bMatch int
+	var bMatch int
+	//uptime := uint32(0)
+	//suptime := uint32(0)
+	//typ := byte(0)
 	var uptime, suptime uint32
 	var typ byte
-	// TODO: port this const
+	//clientbuf := make([]byte, RTMP_SIG_SIZE+1)
 	var clientbuf [RTMP_SIG_SIZE + 1]byte
-	clientsig := (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&clientbuf[0])) +
-		uintptr(1)))
+	clientsig := (*byte)(incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(&clientbuf[0]), 1))
+	//serversig := make([]byte, RTMP_SIG_SIZE)
 	var serversig [RTMP_SIG_SIZE]byte
 
 	clientbuf[0] = 0x03 // not encrypted
@@ -732,43 +737,44 @@ func handShake(r *C.RTMP, FP9HandShake int32) int {
 		*indxBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(clientsig), i) = byte(rand.Intn(256))
 	}
 
-	if writeN(r, clientbuf, RTMP_SIG_SIZE+1) == 0 {
+	if writeN(r, unsafe.Pointer(&clientbuf[0]), RTMP_SIG_SIZE+1) == 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
 
 	// TODO: port this
-	if ReadN(r, &type, 1) != 1 {
+	if C.ReadN(r, (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&typ)), 1) != 1 {
 		return 0
 	}
 
 	if debugMode {
-		log.Println("handShake: Type answer: %v", t)
+		log.Println("handShake: Type answer: %v", typ)
 	}
-	if t != clientbuf[0] {
+	if typ != clientbuf[0] {
 		log.Println("handShake: type mismatch: client sent %v, server sent: %v",
-			clientbuf[0], t)
+			clientbuf[0], typ)
 	}
 
-	if ReadN(r, serversig, RTMP_SIG_SIZE) != RTMP_SIG_SIZE {
+	if C.ReadN(r, (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&serversig[0])), RTMP_SIG_SIZE) != RTMP_SIG_SIZE {
 		return 0
 	}
 
 	// decode server response
-	memmove(unsafe.Pointer(&suptime), serversig, 4)
+	memmove(unsafe.Pointer(&suptime), unsafe.Pointer(&serversig[0]), 4)
 	suptime = inet.Ntohl(suptime)
 
 	// 2nd part of handshake
-	if writeN(r, serversig, RTMP_SIG_SIZE) == 0 {
+	if writeN(r, unsafe.Pointer(&serversig[0]), RTMP_SIG_SIZE) == 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	if ReadN(r, serversig, RTMP_SIG_SIZE) != RTMP_SIG_SIZE {
+	if C.ReadN(r, (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&serversig[0])), RTMP_SIG_SIZE) != RTMP_SIG_SIZE {
 		return 0
 	}
 
 	// TODO: find golang memcmp
 	bMatch = 0
-	if memcmp(serversig,clientsig,RTMP_SIG_SIZE) == 0 {
+	if memcmp(unsafe.Pointer(&serversig[0]), unsafe.Pointer(clientsig),
+		RTMP_SIG_SIZE) == 0 {
 		bMatch = 1
 	}
 
@@ -900,8 +906,7 @@ func rtmpWrite(r *C.RTMP, data []byte) int {
 			num = s2
 		}
 
-		//memmove(enc,buf,uintptr(num))
-		copy(ptrToSlice(enc, num), ptrToSlice(buf, num))
+		memmove(enc,buf,uintptr(num))
 		pkt.m_nBytesRead += C.uint32_t(num)
 		s2 -= num
 		buf = incBytePtr(buf, num)
@@ -1387,11 +1392,11 @@ func avQueue(vals **C.RTMP_METHOD, num *int, av *C.AVal, txn int) {
 		int(unsafe.Sizeof(rtmpMethodPtr))))).name.av_val = (*C.char)(tmp)
 }
 
-// TODO: write test for this func 
-func memcmp(a,b unsafe.Pointer, size int) int {
+// TODO: write test for this func
+func memcmp(a, b unsafe.Pointer, size int) int {
 	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
-		aValue := *indxBytePtr(a,i)
-		bValue := *indxBytePtr(b,i)
+		aValue := *indxBytePtr(a, i)
+		bValue := *indxBytePtr(b, i)
 		if aValue != bValue {
 			if aValue < bValue {
 				return -1