diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index 5fd8a48e..5038ccf1 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func C_RTMP_Connect(r *C_RTMP, cp *C_RTMPPacket) (ok bool) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	r.m_bSendCounter = 1
+	r.m_bSendCounter = true
 
 	return C_RTMP_Connect1(r, cp)
 }
@@ -596,8 +596,7 @@ func C_ReadN(r *C_RTMP, buffer *byte, n int) int {
 			r.m_sb.sb_size -= int32(nRead)
 			nBytes = nRead
 			r.m_nBytesIn += int32(nRead)
-			if r.m_bSendCounter != 0 && r.m_nBytesIn > (r.m_nBytesInSent+
-				r.m_nClientBW/10) {
+			if r.m_bSendCounter && r.m_nBytesIn > (r.m_nBytesInSent+r.m_nClientBW/10) {
 				if !C_SendBytesReceived(r) {
 					return 0
 				}
@@ -740,7 +739,7 @@ func C_SendConnectPacket(r *C_RTMP, cp *C_RTMPPacket) (ok bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if r.m_fEncoding != 0.0 || r.m_bSendEncoding != 0 {
+	if r.m_fEncoding != 0.0 || r.m_bSendEncoding {
 		enc = C_AMF_EncodeNamedNumber(enc, pend, av_objectEncoding, r.m_fEncoding)
 		if enc == nil {
 			return false
diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp_headers.go b/rtmp/rtmp_headers.go
index 55f8208c..69f634f6 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp_headers.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp_headers.go
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ type C_RTMP struct {
 	m_nClientBW            int32
 	m_nClientBW2           uint8
 	m_bPlaying             bool
-	m_bSendEncoding        uint8
-	m_bSendCounter         uint8
+	m_bSendEncoding        bool
+	m_bSendCounter         bool
 	m_numInvokes           int32
 	m_methodCalls          []C_RTMP_METHOD
 	m_channelsAllocatedIn  int32