diff --git a/camera.go b/camera.go
index 4e585bd..383b7ed 100644
--- a/camera.go
+++ b/camera.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
@@ -61,41 +63,86 @@ func (camera *Camera) SetFrameBuffer(buffer []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Returns the webcam device name.
-// On windows, ffmpeg output from the -list_devices command is parsed to find the device name.
-func getDevicesWindows() ([]string, error) {
-	// Run command to get list of devices.
-	cmd := exec.Command(
-		"ffmpeg",
-		"-hide_banner",
-		"-list_devices", "true",
-		"-f", "dshow",
-		"-i", "dummy",
-	)
-	pipe, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
-	if err != nil {
+// 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 {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Read list devices from Stdout.
-	buffer := make([]byte, 2<<10)
-	total := 0
-	for {
-		n, err := pipe.Read(buffer[total:])
-		total += n
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
+
+	var device string
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		device = "/dev/video" + strconv.Itoa(stream)
+	case "darwin":
+		device = strconv.Itoa(stream)
+	case "windows":
+		// If OS is windows, we need to parse the listed devices to find which corresponds to the
+		// given "stream" index.
+		devices, err := getDevicesWindows()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
+		if stream >= len(devices) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find device with index: %d", stream)
+		}
+		device = "video=" + devices[stream]
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported OS: %s", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
+	camera := &Camera{name: device, depth: 3}
+	if err := camera.getCameraData(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return camera, nil
+}
+
+// Parses the webcam metadata (width, height, fps, codec) from ffmpeg output.
+func (camera *Camera) parseWebcamData(buffer []byte) {
+	bufferstr := string(buffer)
+	index := strings.Index(bufferstr, "Stream #")
+	if index == -1 {
+		index++
+	}
+	bufferstr = bufferstr[index:]
+	// Dimensions. widthxheight.
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile(`\d{2,}x\d{2,}`)
+	match := regex.FindString(bufferstr)
+	if len(match) > 0 {
+		split := strings.Split(match, "x")
+		camera.width = int(parse(split[0]))
+		camera.height = int(parse(split[1]))
+	}
+	// FPS.
+	regex = regexp.MustCompile(`\d+(.\d+)? fps`)
+	match = regex.FindString(bufferstr)
+	if len(match) > 0 {
+		index = strings.Index(match, " fps")
+		if index != -1 {
+			match = match[:index]
+		}
+		camera.fps = parse(match)
+	}
+	// Codec.
+	regex = regexp.MustCompile("Video: .+,")
+	match = regex.FindString(bufferstr)
+	if len(match) > 0 {
+		match = match[len("Video: "):]
+		index = strings.Index(match, "(")
+		if index != -1 {
+			match = match[:index]
+		}
+		index = strings.Index(match, ",")
+		if index != -1 {
+			match = match[:index]
+		}
+		camera.codec = strings.TrimSpace(match)
 	}
-	cmd.Wait()
-	devices := parseDevices(buffer)
-	return devices, nil
 }
 
 // Get camera meta data such as width, height, fps and codec.
-func getCameraData(device string, camera *Camera) error {
+func (camera *Camera) getCameraData(device string) error {
 	// Run command to get camera data.
 	// Webcam will turn on and then off in quick succession.
 	webcamDeviceName, err := webcam()
@@ -131,48 +178,13 @@ func getCameraData(device string, camera *Camera) error {
 	// Wait for the command to finish.
 	cmd.Wait()
 
-	parseWebcamData(buffer[:total], camera)
+	camera.parseWebcamData(buffer[:total])
 	return nil
 }
 
-// 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 {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var device string
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "linux":
-		device = "/dev/video" + strconv.Itoa(stream)
-	case "darwin":
-		device = strconv.Itoa(stream)
-	case "windows":
-		// If OS is windows, we need to parse the listed devices to find which corresponds to the
-		// given "stream" index.
-		devices, err := getDevicesWindows()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if stream >= len(devices) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find device with index: %d", stream)
-		}
-		device = "video=" + devices[stream]
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported OS: %s", runtime.GOOS)
-	}
-
-	camera := Camera{name: device, depth: 3}
-	if err := getCameraData(device, &camera); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &camera, nil
-}
-
 // Once the user calls Read() for the first time on a Camera struct,
 // the ffmpeg command which is used to read the camera device is started.
-func initCamera(camera *Camera) error {
+func (camera *Camera) init() error {
 	// If user exits with Ctrl+C, stop ffmpeg process.
 	camera.cleanup()
 
@@ -190,7 +202,8 @@ func initCamera(camera *Camera) error {
 		"-i", camera.name,
 		"-f", "image2pipe",
 		"-pix_fmt", "rgb24",
-		"-vcodec", "rawvideo", "-",
+		"-vcodec", "rawvideo",
+		"-",
 	)
 
 	camera.cmd = cmd
@@ -215,7 +228,7 @@ func initCamera(camera *Camera) error {
 func (camera *Camera) Read() bool {
 	// If cmd is nil, video reading has not been initialized.
 	if camera.cmd == nil {
-		if err := initCamera(camera); err != nil {
+		if err := camera.init(); err != nil {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 0edd6ae..dbcff7e 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -91,36 +91,6 @@ func parseFFprobe(input []byte) map[string]string {
 	return data
 }
 
-// Adds Video data to the video struct from the ffprobe output.
-func addVideoData(data map[string]string, video *Video) {
-	if width, ok := data["width"]; ok {
-		video.width = int(parse(width))
-	}
-	if height, ok := data["height"]; ok {
-		video.height = int(parse(height))
-	}
-	if duration, ok := data["duration"]; ok {
-		video.duration = float64(parse(duration))
-	}
-	if frames, ok := data["nb_frames"]; ok {
-		video.frames = int(parse(frames))
-	}
-
-	if fps, ok := data["r_frame_rate"]; ok {
-		split := strings.Split(fps, "/")
-		if len(split) == 2 && split[0] != "" && split[1] != "" {
-			video.fps = parse(split[0]) / parse(split[1])
-		}
-	}
-
-	if bitrate, ok := data["bit_rate"]; ok {
-		video.bitrate = int(parse(bitrate))
-	}
-	if codec, ok := data["codec_name"]; ok {
-		video.codec = codec
-	}
-}
-
 // Parses the given data into a float64.
 func parse(data string) float64 {
 	n, err := strconv.ParseFloat(data, 64)
@@ -195,7 +165,6 @@ func parseDevices(buffer []byte) []string {
 	return devices
 }
 
-// Helper function. Array contains function.
 func contains(list []string, item string) bool {
 	for _, i := range list {
 		if i == item {
@@ -205,45 +174,35 @@ func contains(list []string, item string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// Parses the webcam metadata (width, height, fps, codec) from ffmpeg output.
-func parseWebcamData(buffer []byte, camera *Camera) {
-	bufferstr := string(buffer)
-	index := strings.Index(bufferstr, "Stream #")
-	if index == -1 {
-		index++
+// Returns the webcam device name.
+// On windows, ffmpeg output from the -list_devices command is parsed to find the device name.
+func getDevicesWindows() ([]string, error) {
+	// Run command to get list of devices.
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"ffmpeg",
+		"-hide_banner",
+		"-list_devices", "true",
+		"-f", "dshow",
+		"-i", "dummy",
+	)
+	pipe, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	bufferstr = bufferstr[index:]
-	// Dimensions. widthxheight.
-	regex := regexp.MustCompile(`\d{2,}x\d{2,}`)
-	match := regex.FindString(bufferstr)
-	if len(match) > 0 {
-		split := strings.Split(match, "x")
-		camera.width = int(parse(split[0]))
-		camera.height = int(parse(split[1]))
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	// FPS.
-	regex = regexp.MustCompile(`\d+(.\d+)? fps`)
-	match = regex.FindString(bufferstr)
-	if len(match) > 0 {
-		index = strings.Index(match, " fps")
-		if index != -1 {
-			match = match[:index]
+	// Read list devices from Stdout.
+	buffer := make([]byte, 2<<10)
+	total := 0
+	for {
+		n, err := pipe.Read(buffer[total:])
+		total += n
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
 		}
-		camera.fps = parse(match)
-	}
-	// Codec.
-	regex = regexp.MustCompile("Video: .+,")
-	match = regex.FindString(bufferstr)
-	if len(match) > 0 {
-		match = match[len("Video: "):]
-		index = strings.Index(match, "(")
-		if index != -1 {
-			match = match[:index]
-		}
-		index = strings.Index(match, ",")
-		if index != -1 {
-			match = match[:index]
-		}
-		camera.codec = strings.TrimSpace(match)
 	}
+	cmd.Wait()
+	devices := parseDevices(buffer)
+	return devices, nil
 }
diff --git a/video.go b/video.go
index d4664f1..a3fac5b 100644
--- a/video.go
+++ b/video.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func NewVideo(filename string) (*Video, error) {
 
 	video := &Video{filename: filename, depth: 3}
 
-	addVideoData(videoData, video)
+	video.addVideoData(videoData)
 	if audioCodec, ok := audioData["codec_name"]; ok {
 		video.audioCodec = audioCodec
 	}
@@ -115,9 +116,39 @@ func NewVideo(filename string) (*Video, error) {
 	return video, nil
 }
 
+// Adds Video data to the video struct from the ffprobe output.
+func (video *Video) addVideoData(data map[string]string) {
+	if width, ok := data["width"]; ok {
+		video.width = int(parse(width))
+	}
+	if height, ok := data["height"]; ok {
+		video.height = int(parse(height))
+	}
+	if duration, ok := data["duration"]; ok {
+		video.duration = float64(parse(duration))
+	}
+	if frames, ok := data["nb_frames"]; ok {
+		video.frames = int(parse(frames))
+	}
+
+	if fps, ok := data["r_frame_rate"]; ok {
+		split := strings.Split(fps, "/")
+		if len(split) == 2 && split[0] != "" && split[1] != "" {
+			video.fps = parse(split[0]) / parse(split[1])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if bitrate, ok := data["bit_rate"]; ok {
+		video.bitrate = int(parse(bitrate))
+	}
+	if codec, ok := data["codec_name"]; ok {
+		video.codec = codec
+	}
+}
+
 // Once the user calls Read() for the first time on a Video struct,
 // the ffmpeg command which is used to read the video is started.
-func initVideo(video *Video) error {
+func (video *Video) init() error {
 	// If user exits with Ctrl+C, stop ffmpeg process.
 	video.cleanup()
 	// ffmpeg command to pipe video data to stdout in 8-bit RGB format.
@@ -153,7 +184,7 @@ func initVideo(video *Video) error {
 func (video *Video) Read() bool {
 	// If cmd is nil, video reading has not been initialized.
 	if video.cmd == nil {
-		if err := initVideo(video); err != nil {
+		if err := video.init(); err != nil {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/videowriter.go b/videowriter.go
index f776bc5..404fbff 100644
--- a/videowriter.go
+++ b/videowriter.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func NewVideoWriter(filename string, width, height int, options *Options) (*Vide
 
 // Once the user calls Write() for the first time on a VideoWriter struct,
 // the ffmpeg command which is used to write to the video file is started.
-func initVideoWriter(writer *VideoWriter) error {
+func (writer *VideoWriter) init() error {
 	// If user exits with Ctrl+C, stop ffmpeg process.
 	writer.cleanup()
 	// ffmpeg command to write to video file. Takes in bytes from Stdin and encodes them.
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func initVideoWriter(writer *VideoWriter) error {
 func (writer *VideoWriter) Write(frame []byte) error {
 	// If cmd is nil, video writing has not been set up.
 	if writer.cmd == nil {
-		if err := initVideoWriter(writer); err != nil {
+		if err := writer.init(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vidio_test.go b/vidio_test.go
index a2c5c26..d9091d8 100644
--- a/vidio_test.go
+++ b/vidio_test.go
@@ -223,12 +223,11 @@ dummy: Immediate exit requested`,
 
 func TestWebcamParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	camera := &Camera{}
-	err := getCameraData(
+	err := camera.getCameraData(
 		`Input #0, dshow, from 'video=Integrated Camera':
   Duration: N/A, start: 1367309.442000, bitrate: N/A
   Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (Baseline) (MJPG / 0x47504A4D), yuvj422p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1280x720, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 10000k tbn
 At least one output file must be specified`,
-		camera,
 	)
 
 	if err != nil {