diff --git a/camera.go b/camera.go
index 82ffe02..0605875 100644
--- a/camera.go
+++ b/camera.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (camera *Camera) SetFrameBuffer(buffer []byte) error {
 // Creates a new camera struct that can read from the device with the given stream index.
 func NewCamera(stream int) (*Camera, error) {
 	// Check if ffmpeg is installed on the users machine.
-	if err := checkExists("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
+	if err := installed("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index dbcff7e..ffaacc5 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func exists(filename string) bool {
 }
 
 // Checks if the given program is installed.
-func checkExists(program string) error {
+func installed(program string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command(program, "-version")
 	errmsg := fmt.Errorf("%s is not installed", program)
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
@@ -74,13 +74,9 @@ func ffprobe(filename, stype string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return parseFFprobe(buffer[:total]), nil
-}
-
-// Parse ffprobe output to fill in video data.
-func parseFFprobe(input []byte) map[string]string {
+	// Parse ffprobe output to fill in video data.
 	data := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(input), "|") {
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(buffer[:total]), "|") {
 		if strings.Contains(line, "=") {
 			keyValue := strings.Split(line, "=")
 			if _, ok := data[keyValue[0]]; !ok {
@@ -88,7 +84,7 @@ func parseFFprobe(input []byte) map[string]string {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return data
+	return data, nil
 }
 
 // Parses the given data into a float64.
diff --git a/video.go b/video.go
index 5d1b1c0..c7e58c1 100644
--- a/video.go
+++ b/video.go
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ func NewVideo(filename string) (*Video, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("video file %s does not exist", filename)
 	}
 	// Check if ffmpeg and ffprobe are installed on the users machine.
-	if err := checkExists("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
+	if err := installed("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := checkExists("ffprobe"); err != nil {
+	if err := installed("ffprobe"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/videowriter.go b/videowriter.go
index cca0954..456c1b9 100644
--- a/videowriter.go
+++ b/videowriter.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (writer *VideoWriter) AudioCodec() string {
 // Creates a new VideoWriter struct with default values from the Options struct.
 func NewVideoWriter(filename string, width, height int, options *Options) (*VideoWriter, error) {
 	// Check if ffmpeg is installed on the users machine.
-	if err := checkExists("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
+	if err := installed("ffmpeg"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}