diff --git a/app/decoder/CMakeLists.txt b/app/decoder/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c3f9a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+add_subdirectory(ffmpeg)
+
+set(OLIVE_SOURCES
+  ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
+  decoder/decoder.h
+  decoder/decoder.cpp
+  decoder/frame.h
+  decoder/frame.cpp
+  decoder/probeserver.h
+  decoder/probeserver.cpp
+  PARENT_SCOPE
+)
diff --git a/app/decoder/decoder.cpp b/app/decoder/decoder.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b278d334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/decoder.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "decoder.h"
+
+Decoder::Decoder() :
+  open_(false)
+{
+}
+
+Decoder::Decoder(Stream *fs) :
+  open_(false),
+  stream_(fs)
+{
+}
+
+Decoder::~Decoder()
+{
+}
+
+Stream *Decoder::stream()
+{
+  return stream_;
+}
+
+void Decoder::set_stream(Stream *fs)
+{
+  Close();
+
+  stream_ = fs;
+}
diff --git a/app/decoder/decoder.h b/app/decoder/decoder.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9a1591ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/decoder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#ifndef DECODER_H
+#define DECODER_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "rational.h"
+#include "project/item/footage/footage.h"
+#include "decoder/frame.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief The Decoder class
+ *
+ * A decoder's is the main class for bringing external media into Olive. Its responsibilities are to serve as
+ * abstraction from codecs/decoders and provide complete frames. These frames can be video or audio data and are
+ * provided as Frame objects in shared pointers to alleviate the responsibility of memory handling.
+ *
+ * The main function in a decoder is Retrieve() which should return complete image/audio data. A decoder should
+ * alleviate all the complexities of codec compression from the rest of the application (i.e. a decoder should never
+ * return a partial frame or require other parts of the system to interface directly with the codec). Often this will
+ * necessitate pre-emptively caching, indexing, or even fully transcoding media before using it which can be implemented
+ * through the Analyze() function.
+ *
+ * A decoder does NOT perform any pixel/sample format conversion. Frames should pass through the PixelFormatConverter
+ * (olive::pix_fmt_conv) to be utilized in the rest of the rendering pipeline.
+ */
+class Decoder : public QObject
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  Decoder();
+
+  Decoder(Stream* fs);
+
+  virtual ~Decoder();
+
+  Stream* stream();
+  void set_stream(Stream* fs);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Open media/allocate memory
+   *
+   * Any file handles or memory allocation that needs to be done before this instance of a Decoder can return data
+   * should be done here.
+   *
+   * @return
+   *
+   * TRUE if successful and ready to return data, FALSE if failed to open and unable to retrieve data. If the function
+   * fails, any memory allocated should be free'd before returning FALSE, possibly by calling Close().
+   */
+  virtual bool Open() = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Retrieve frame/data
+   *
+   * The main function for retrieving data from the Decoder. This function should always provide complete frame data
+   * (i.e. no partial frames or missing samples) at the timecode provided. The Decoder should perform any steps
+   * required to retrieve a complete frame separate from the rest of the program, using any form of caching/indexing
+   * to keep this as performant as possible.
+   *
+   * It's acceptable for this function to check whether the Decoder is open, and call Open() if not. If Open() returns
+   * false, this function should return nullptr.
+   *
+   * @param timecode
+   *
+   * The timecode (a rational in seconds) to retrieve the data at.
+   *
+   * @param length
+   *
+   * Audio only - ignored for video decoders. The total length of audio data to retrieve (a rational in seconds).
+   *
+   * @return
+   *
+   * A FramePtr of valid data at this timecode (of the requested length if this is audio media), or nullptr if there
+   * was nothing to retrieve at the provided timecode or the media could not be opened.
+   */
+  virtual FramePtr Retrieve(const rational& timecode, const rational& length = 0) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Close media/deallocate memory
+   *
+   * Any file handles or memory allocations opened in Open() should be cleaned up here.
+   *
+   * As the main memory freeing function, it's good practice to call this in Open() if there's an error that prevents
+   * correct function before Open() returns. As such, Close() should be prepared for not all memory/file handles to
+   * have been opened successfully.
+   */
+  virtual void Close() = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Prepare footage for use by a Decoder later
+   *
+   * Needs fleshing out. This functions purpose will be to perform initial analyses of a video file. Any caching,
+   * indexing, or transcoding to help make this media performant and reliable should be done here.
+   */
+  //virtual void Analyze();// = 0;
+
+
+
+protected:
+  bool open_;
+
+private:
+  Stream* stream_;
+};
+
+using DecoderPtr = std::shared_ptr<Decoder>;
+
+#endif // DECODER_H
diff --git a/app/decoder/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27512870b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set(OLIVE_SOURCES
+  ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
+  decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.h
+  decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
+  PARENT_SCOPE
+)
diff --git a/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.cpp b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff55993d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#include "ffmpegdecoder.h"
+
+extern "C" {
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+}
+
+#include <QStatusBar>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QtMath>
+#include <QDebug>
+
+FFmpegDecoder::FFmpegDecoder() :
+  fmt_ctx_(nullptr),
+  codec_ctx_(nullptr),
+  opts_(nullptr)
+{
+}
+
+bool FFmpegDecoder::Open()
+{
+  if (open_) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  int error_code;
+
+  // Convert QString to a C strng
+  QByteArray ba = stream()->footage()->filename().toUtf8();
+  const char* filename = ba.constData();
+
+  // Open file in a format context
+  error_code = avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx_, filename, nullptr, nullptr);
+
+  // Handle format context error
+  if (error_code != 0) {
+    FFmpegErr(error_code);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Get stream information from format
+  error_code = avformat_find_stream_info(fmt_ctx_, nullptr);
+
+  // Handle get stream information error
+  if (error_code < 0) {
+    FFmpegErr(error_code);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Dump format information
+  av_dump_format(fmt_ctx_, stream()->index(), filename, 0);
+
+  // Get reference to correct AVStream
+  avstream_ = fmt_ctx_->streams[stream()->index()];
+
+  // Find decoder
+  AVCodec* codec = avcodec_find_decoder(avstream_->codecpar->codec_id);
+
+  // Handle failure to find decoder
+  if (codec == nullptr) {
+    Error(tr("Failed to find appropriate decoder for this codec (%1 :: %2)")
+          .arg(stream()->footage()->filename(), avstream_->codecpar->codec_id));
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Allocate context for the decoder
+  codec_ctx_ = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
+  if (codec_ctx_ == nullptr) {
+    Error(tr("Failed to allocate codec context (%1 :: %2)").arg(stream()->footage()->filename(), stream()->index()));
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Copy parameters from the AVStream to the AVCodecContext
+  error_code = avcodec_parameters_to_context(codec_ctx_, avstream_->codecpar);
+
+  // Handle failure to copy parameters
+  if (error_code < 0) {
+    FFmpegErr(error_code);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // enable multithreading on decoding
+  error_code = av_dict_set(&opts_, "threads", "auto", 0);
+
+  // Handle failure to set multithreaded decoding
+  if (error_code < 0) {
+    FFmpegErr(error_code);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Open codec
+  error_code = avcodec_open2(codec_ctx_, codec, &opts_);
+  if (error_code < 0) {
+    FFmpegErr(error_code);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  open_ = true;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+void FFmpegDecoder::Close()
+{
+  if (opts_ != nullptr) {
+    av_dict_free(&opts_);
+    opts_ = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  if (codec_ctx_ != nullptr) {
+    avcodec_free_context(&codec_ctx_);
+    codec_ctx_ = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  if (fmt_ctx_ != nullptr) {
+    avformat_close_input(&fmt_ctx_);
+    fmt_ctx_ = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  open_ = false;
+}
+
+void FFmpegDecoder::FFmpegErr(int error_code)
+{
+  char err[1024];
+  av_strerror(error_code, err, 1024);
+
+  Error(tr("Error decoding %1 - %2 %3").arg(stream()->footage()->filename(),
+                                            QString::number(error_code),
+                                            err));
+}
+
+void FFmpegDecoder::Error(const QString &s)
+{
+  qWarning() << s;
+
+  Close();
+}
diff --git a/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.h b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c690a2fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef FFMPEGDECODER_H
+#define FFMPEGDECODER_H
+
+#include <QVector>
+
+#include "decoder/decoder.h"
+
+class FFmpegDecoder : public Decoder
+{
+public:
+  FFmpegDecoder();
+
+  virtual bool Open() override;
+  virtual void Close() override;
+
+protected:
+  void FFmpegErr(int error_code);
+  void Error(const QString& s);
+
+  AVFormatContext* fmt_ctx_;
+  AVCodecContext* codec_ctx_;
+  AVStream* avstream_;
+  AVPacket* pkt_;
+  AVFrame* frame_;
+  AVDictionary* opts_;
+
+  QVector<int64_t> frame_index_;
+
+};
+
+#endif // FFMPEGDECODER_H
diff --git a/app/decoder/frame.cpp b/app/decoder/frame.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1e9ae757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/frame.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include "frame.h"
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+Frame::Frame() :
+  frame_(nullptr)
+{
+}
+
+Frame::Frame(AVFrame *f) :
+  frame_(f)
+{
+}
+
+Frame::Frame(const Frame &f) :
+  frame_(nullptr)
+{
+  Q_UNUSED(f)
+}
+
+Frame::Frame(Frame &&f) :
+  frame_(f.frame_)
+{
+  f.frame_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+Frame &Frame::operator=(const Frame &f)
+{
+  Q_UNUSED(f)
+
+  frame_ = nullptr;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+Frame &Frame::operator=(Frame &&f)
+{
+  if (&f != this) {
+    frame_ = f.frame_;
+    f.frame_ = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  return *this;
+}
+
+Frame::~Frame()
+{
+  FreeChild();
+}
+
+void Frame::SetAVFrame(AVFrame *f, AVRational timebase)
+{
+  FreeChild();
+
+  f = frame_;
+  timestamp_ = rational(timebase.num*f->pts, timebase.den);
+}
+
+const int &Frame::width()
+{
+  return frame_->width;
+}
+
+const int &Frame::height()
+{
+  return frame_->height;
+}
+
+const rational &Frame::timestamp()
+{
+  return timestamp_;
+}
+
+const int &Frame::format()
+{
+  return frame_->format;
+}
+
+uint8_t **Frame::data()
+{
+  return frame_->data;
+}
+
+int *Frame::linesize()
+{
+  return frame_->linesize;
+}
+
+void Frame::FreeChild()
+{
+  if (frame_ != nullptr) {
+    av_frame_free(&frame_);
+    frame_ = nullptr;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/decoder/frame.h b/app/decoder/frame.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77cf65273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/frame.h
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#ifndef FRAME_H
+#define FRAME_H
+
+extern "C" {
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+}
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "rational.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief The Frame class
+ *
+ * Abstraction from AVFrame. Currently a simple AVFrame wrapper.
+ *
+ * This class does not support copying at this time.
+ */
+class Frame
+{
+public:
+  // Normal constructor
+  Frame();
+
+  // AVFrame constructor
+  Frame(AVFrame* f);
+
+  // Copy constructor
+  Frame(const Frame& f);
+
+  // Move constructor
+  Frame(Frame&& f);
+
+  // Copy assignment operator
+  Frame& operator=(const Frame& f);
+
+  // Move assignment operator
+  Frame& operator=(Frame&& f);
+
+  // Destructor
+  ~Frame();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Set frame child
+   *
+   * This class currently primarily functions as a wrapper for AVFrame for use outside of the Decoder classes.
+   * The internal AVFrame is set here. This class will also take ownership of the AVFrame and automatically
+   * clear it when deconstructed.
+   *
+   * @param f
+   */
+  void SetAVFrame(AVFrame* f, AVRational timebase);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get frame's width in pixels
+   */
+  const int& width();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get frame's height in pixels
+   */
+  const int& height();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get frame's timestamp.
+   *
+   * This timestamp is always a rational that will equate to the time in seconds.
+   */
+  const rational& timestamp();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get frame's format
+   *
+   * @return
+   *
+   * Currently this will either be an AVPixelFormat (video) or an AVSampleFormat (audio).
+   */
+  const int& format();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get the data buffer of this frame
+   */
+  uint8_t** data();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get the linesize information for this frame
+   */
+  int* linesize();
+
+private:
+
+  void FreeChild();
+
+  AVFrame* frame_;
+  rational timestamp_;
+};
+
+using FramePtr = std::shared_ptr<Frame>;
+
+#endif // FRAME_H
diff --git a/app/decoder/probeserver.cpp b/app/decoder/probeserver.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1de734185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/probeserver.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "probeserver.h"
+
+#include "decoder/ffmpeg/ffmpegdecoder.h"
+
+bool olive::Probe(Footage *f)
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/app/decoder/probeserver.h b/app/decoder/probeserver.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ae67eb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/decoder/probeserver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef PROBESERVER_H
+#define PROBESERVER_H
+
+#include "project/item/footage/footage.h"
+
+namespace olive {
+
+bool Probe(Footage* f);
+
+}
+
+#endif // PROBESERVER_H
diff --git a/app/project/item/footage/audiostream.cpp b/app/project/item/footage/audiostream.cpp
index a4ccb9b65..349824544 100644
--- a/app/project/item/footage/audiostream.cpp
+++ b/app/project/item/footage/audiostream.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 AudioStream::AudioStream()
 {
-
 }
 
 Stream::Type AudioStream::type()