diff --git a/revid/revid.go b/revid/revid.go
index bac1262a..309bc8fe 100644
--- a/revid/revid.go
+++ b/revid/revid.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/rtmp"
 	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/stream"
 	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/stream/flv"
 	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/stream/lex"
@@ -92,23 +91,38 @@ type Logger interface {
 // Revid provides methods to control a revid session; providing methods
 // to start, stop and change the state of an instance using the Config struct.
 type Revid struct {
-	ffmpegPath  string
-	tempDir     string
-	ringBuffer  *ring.Buffer
-	config      Config
-	isRunning   bool
-	encoder     stream.Encoder
-	lexTo       func(dst stream.Encoder, src io.Reader, delay time.Duration) error
-	cmd         *exec.Cmd
-	inputReader io.ReadCloser
-	ffmpegStdin io.WriteCloser
-	outputChan  chan []byte
-	setupInput  func() error
-	getFrame    func() []byte
+	// config holds the Revid configuration.
+	// For historical reasons it also handles logging.
+	// FIXME(kortschak): The relationship of concerns
+	// in config/ns is weird.
+	config Config
+	// ns holds the netsender.Sender responsible for HTTP.
+	ns *netsender.Sender
+
+	// setupInput holds the current approach to setting up
+	// the input stream.
+	setupInput func() error
+
+	// cmd is the exec'd process that may be used to produce
+	// the input stream.
+	// FIXME(kortschak): This should not exist. Replace this
+	// with a context.Context cancellation.
+	cmd *exec.Cmd
+
+	// lexTo and encoder handle transcoding the input stream.
+	lexTo   func(dst stream.Encoder, src io.Reader, delay time.Duration) error
+	encoder stream.Encoder
+	// ringBuffer handles passing frames from the transcoder
+	// to the target destination.
+	ringBuffer *ring.Buffer
+	// destination is the target endpoint.
 	destination loadSender
-	rtmpInst    rtmp.Session
-	bitrate     int
-	ns          *netsender.Sender
+
+	// bitrate hold the last send bitrate  calculation result.
+	bitrate int
+
+	// isRunning is a loaded and cocked foot-gun.
+	isRunning bool
 }
 
 // New returns a pointer to a new Revid with the desired configuration, and/or
@@ -121,7 +135,6 @@ func New(c Config, ns *netsender.Sender) (*Revid, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	r.ringBuffer = ring.NewBuffer(ringBufferSize, ringBufferElementSize, writeTimeout)
-	r.outputChan = make(chan []byte, outputChanSize)
 	return &r, nil
 }
 
@@ -198,9 +211,6 @@ func (r *Revid) reset(config Config) error {
 	case None:
 		// no packetisation - Revid output chan grabs raw data straight from parser
 		r.lexTo = func(dst stream.Encoder, src io.Reader, _ time.Duration) error {
-			// FIXME(kortschak): Reduce this allocation mess. It exists
-			// because we do not know that the dst will not modify the
-			// buffer. It shouldn't, but ...
 			for {
 				var b [4 << 10]byte
 				n, rerr := src.Read(b[:])
@@ -213,8 +223,7 @@ func (r *Revid) reset(config Config) error {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		r.getFrame = r.getFrameNoPacketization
-		return nil
+		r.encoder = stream.NopEncoder()
 	case Mpegts:
 		r.config.Logger.Log(smartlogger.Info, pkg+"using MPEGTS packetisation")
 		frameRate, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(r.config.FrameRate, 64)
@@ -224,9 +233,6 @@ func (r *Revid) reset(config Config) error {
 		frameRate, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.config.FrameRate)
 		r.encoder = flv.NewEncoder(true, true, frameRate)
 	}
-	// We have packetization of some sort, so we want to send data to Generator
-	// to perform packetization
-	r.getFrame = r.getFramePacketization
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -271,18 +277,6 @@ func (r *Revid) Stop() {
 	}
 }
 
-// getFrameNoPacketization gets a frame directly from the revid output chan
-// as we don't need to go through the encoder with no packetization settings
-func (r *Revid) getFrameNoPacketization() []byte {
-	return <-r.outputChan
-}
-
-// getFramePacketization gets a frame from the generators output chan - the
-// the encoder being an mpegts or flv encoder depending on the config
-func (r *Revid) getFramePacketization() []byte {
-	return <-r.encoder.Stream()
-}
-
 // TODO(kortschak): Factor this out to an io.Writer type and remove the Stream chans.
 // Also add a no-op encoder that handles non-packeted data.
 //
@@ -299,8 +293,7 @@ func (r *Revid) packClips() {
 			lenOfFrame := len(frame)
 			if lenOfFrame > ringBufferElementSize {
 				r.config.Logger.Log(smartlogger.Warning, pkg+"frame was too big", "frame size", lenOfFrame)
-				frame = r.getFrame()
-				lenOfFrame = len(frame)
+				continue
 			}
 			_, err := r.ringBuffer.Write(frame)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -470,12 +463,11 @@ func (r *Revid) startRaspivid() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	r.inputReader = stdout
 
 	r.config.Logger.Log(smartlogger.Info, pkg+"reading camera data")
-	err = r.lexTo(r.encoder, r.inputReader, delay)
+	err = r.lexTo(r.encoder, stdout, delay)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err 
+		return err
 	}
 	r.config.Logger.Log(smartlogger.Info, pkg+"not trying to read from camera anymore")
 	return nil
diff --git a/stream/encoding.go b/stream/encoding.go
index cafcd914..8765472c 100644
--- a/stream/encoding.go
+++ b/stream/encoding.go
@@ -31,3 +31,23 @@ type Encoder interface {
 	Encode([]byte) error
 	Stream() <-chan []byte
 }
+
+// NopEncoder returns an
+func NopEncoder() Encoder {
+	return noop{make(chan []byte, 1)}
+}
+
+type noop struct {
+	dst chan []byte
+}
+
+func (e noop) Encode(p []byte) error {
+	b := make([]byte, len(p))
+	copy(b, p)
+	e.dst <- b
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e noop) Stream() <-chan []byte {
+	return e.dst
+}