diff --git a/rtmp/parseurl.go b/rtmp/parseurl.go
index fef192aa..7af55ebb 100644
--- a/rtmp/parseurl.go
+++ b/rtmp/parseurl.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func C_RTMP_ParseURL(url *byte, protocol *int32, host *C_AVal, port *uint32,
 
 		if hostlen < 256 {
 			host.av_val = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(p))
-			host.av_len = int32(hostlen)
+			host.av_len = hostlen
 			// TODO: use new logger with this
 			//RTMP_Log(RTMP_LOGDEBUG, "Parsed host    : %.*s", hostlen, host.av_val);
 		} else {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func C_RTMP_ParseURL(url *byte, protocol *int32, host *C_AVal, port *uint32,
 		}
 
 		app.av_val = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(p))
-		app.av_len = int32(applen)
+		app.av_len = applen
 		// TODO: use new logging here
 		// RTMP_Log(RTMP_LOGDEBUG, "Parsed app     : %.*s", applen, p);
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func C_RTMP_ParsePlaypath(in, out *C_AVal) {
 	ppstart := (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(playpath))
 	var streamname, destptr, p *byte
 
-	pplen := int32(in.av_len)
+	pplen := in.av_len
 
 	out.av_val = nil
 	out.av_len = 0
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func C_RTMP_ParsePlaypath(in, out *C_AVal) {
 	temp = strstr((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ppstart)), goStrToCStr("slist="))
 	if *ppstart == '?' && temp != nil {
 		ppstart = (*byte)(incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(temp), 6))
-		pplen = int32(strlen(ppstart))
+		pplen = strlen(ppstart)
 
 		temp = strchr(ppstart, '&')
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func C_RTMP_ParsePlaypath(in, out *C_AVal) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	p = (*byte)(ppstart)
+	p = ppstart
 	for pplen > 0 {
 		if subExt != 0 && p == ext {
 			p = (*byte)(incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(p), 4))
diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index c1a22920..bf373377 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -275,14 +275,14 @@ func C_SocksSetup(r *C_RTMP, sockshost *C_AVal) {
 		hostname := strdup((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(sockshost.av_val)))
 
 		if unsafe.Pointer(socksport) != nil {
-			(*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(hostname))[int(uintptr(decBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(socksport),
-				int(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(sockshost.av_val))))))] = '\000'
+			(*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(hostname))[uintptr(decBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(socksport),
+				int(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(sockshost.av_val)))))] = '\000'
 			r.Link.sockshost.av_val = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(hostname))
 			r.Link.sockshost.av_len = int32(strlen(hostname))
 
 			value, err := strconv.Atoi(string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(
-				unsafe.Pointer(socksport)) + uintptr(1)))[:int(strlen((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(
-				uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(socksport))+uintptr(1)))))+1]))
+				unsafe.Pointer(socksport)) + uintptr(1)))[:strlen((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(
+				uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(socksport))+uintptr(1))))+1]))
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Println("C_SocksSetup: bad string conversion!")
 			}
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ func C_RTMP_SetupURL(r *C_RTMP, u string) int32 {
 					int32(len("rtmpte://:65535/\x00"))
 
 				r.Link.tcUrl.av_val = (*byte)(malloc(uintptr(uintptr(length))))
-				hostname := string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(r.Link.hostname.av_val))[:int(r.Link.hostname.av_len)])
+				hostname := string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(r.Link.hostname.av_val))[:r.Link.hostname.av_len])
 
-				app := string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(r.Link.app.av_val))[:int(r.Link.app.av_len)])
+				app := string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(r.Link.app.av_val))[:r.Link.app.av_len])
 
 				fString := fmt.Sprintf("%v://%v:%v/%v",
 					RTMPProtocolStringsLower[r.Link.protocol], hostname, r.Link.port, app)
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ func C_AV_queue(vals **C_RTMP_METHOD, num *int32, av *C_AVal, txn int32) {
 	tmp := malloc(uintptr(av.av_len + 1))
 	//tmp := allocate(uintptr(av.av_len + 1))
 	memmove(tmp, unsafe.Pointer(av.av_val), uintptr(av.av_len))
-	(*[_Gi]byte)(tmp)[int(av.av_len)] = '\000'
+	(*[_Gi]byte)(tmp)[av.av_len] = '\000'
 
 	(*(*C_RTMP_METHOD)(incPtr(unsafe.Pointer(*vals), int(*num),
 		int(unsafe.Sizeof(*(*vals)))))).num = int32(txn)
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ func C_RTMP_SendPacket(r *C_RTMP, packet *C_RTMPPacket, queue int) int {
 
 		if tbuf != nil {
 			//memmove(toff, header, uintptr(nChunkSize + hSize))
-			copy((*[_Gi]byte)(toff)[:int(nChunkSize+hSize)], (*[_Gi]byte)(header)[:int(nChunkSize+hSize)])
+			copy((*[_Gi]byte)(toff)[:nChunkSize+hSize], (*[_Gi]byte)(header)[:nChunkSize+hSize])
 			toff = incBytePtr(toff, nChunkSize+hSize)
 		} else {
 			// TODO: port this
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ func C_RTMP_SendPacket(r *C_RTMP, packet *C_RTMPPacket, queue int) int {
 
 			if cSize != 0 {
 				tmp := int(packet.m_nChannel) - 64
-				(*[_Gi]byte)(header)[1] = byte(tmp & 0xff)
+				(*[_Gi]byte)(header)[1] = byte(tmp)
 
 				if cSize == 2 {
 					(*[_Gi]byte)(header)[2] = byte(tmp >> 8)
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ func realloc(ptr unsafe.Pointer, newSize uint32) unsafe.Pointer {
 
 func memmove(to, from unsafe.Pointer, n uintptr) {
 	if to != nil && from != nil && n != 0 {
-		copy((*[_Gi]byte)(to)[:int(n)], (*[_Gi]byte)(from)[:int(n)])
+		copy((*[_Gi]byte)(to)[:n], (*[_Gi]byte)(from)[:n])
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2239,9 +2239,9 @@ func memcmp(a, b unsafe.Pointer, size int) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func memset(ptr *byte, val int, num int) {
+func memset(ptr *byte, val byte, num int) {
 	for i := 0; i < num; i++ {
-		(*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))[int(i)] = byte(val)
+		(*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))[i] = val
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2268,14 +2268,14 @@ func goStrToCStr(str string) *byte {
 
 // TODO: need a test in rtmp_test.go
 func cStrToGoStr(cStr *byte) string {
-	return string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(cStr))[:int(strlen(cStr))])
+	return string((*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(cStr))[:strlen(cStr)])
 }
 
 // Duplicates a string given as a byte pointer
 func strdup(str *byte) *byte {
 	length := strlen(str)
 	newMem := make([]byte, length+1)
-	oldMem := (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(str))[:int(length+1)]
+	oldMem := (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(str))[:length+1]
 	copy(newMem, oldMem)
 	return &newMem[0]
 }
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ func malloc(nOfBytes uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
 
 func calloc(val byte, noOfBytes uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
 	mem := malloc(noOfBytes)
-	memset((*byte)(mem), int(val), int(noOfBytes))
+	memset((*byte)(mem), val, int(noOfBytes))
 	return mem
 }
 
diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp_test.go b/rtmp/rtmp_test.go
index 2cc7dff6..b33417cc 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp_test.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestMemset(t *testing.T) {
 		if i > setNum-1 {
 			testVal = byte(0)
 		}
-		if *indxBytePtr(mem, i) != testVal {
+		if (*[_Gi]byte)(mem)[i] != testVal {
 			t.Errorf("mem doesn't match expected values at: %v", i)
 		}
 	}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestGoStrToCStr(t *testing.T) {
 	testData := []byte{'s', 't', 'r', 'i', 'n', 'g', '\000'}
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(goStr); i++ {
-		val := *indxBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(bStr), i)
+		val := (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(bStr))[i]
 		testVal := testData[i]
 		if val != testVal {
 			t.Errorf("Wanted: %v, but got: %v", testVal, val)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestStrdup(t *testing.T) {
 	newStr := strdup(bStr)
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(goStr); i++ {
-		val := *indxBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(newStr), i)
+		val := (*[_Gi]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(newStr))[i]
 		testVal := testData[i]
 		if val != testVal {
 			t.Errorf("Wanted: %v, but got: %v", testVal, val)
@@ -191,12 +191,3 @@ func TestDecPtr(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf(errMsg, valueInt64, int64Arr[inc])
 	}
 }
-
-func TestIndxBytePtr(t *testing.T) {
-	// Test how it deals with bytes
-	bytePtr := unsafe.Pointer(&byteArr[arrStart])
-	valueByte := indxBytePtr(bytePtr, inc)
-	if *valueByte != byteArr[inc] {
-		t.Errorf(errMsg, valueByte, byteArr[inc])
-	}
-}