diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
index 9ad7e45111..4584c20b52 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
     <Compile Include="lua\LuaFunctionList.cs" />
     <Compile Include="lua\LuaLibraryBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="lua\NamedLuaFunction.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="movie\ControllerLookups\MnemonicGeneratorFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="movie\ControllerLookups\MnemonicGenerators.cs" />
     <Compile Include="movie\ControllerLookups\NesMnemonicGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="movie\HeaderKeys.cs" />
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/MnemonicGenerators.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/MnemonicGenerators.cs
index 128eb45737..d1ab8f583a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/MnemonicGenerators.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/MnemonicGenerators.cs
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// </summary>
 		string EmptyMnemonicString { get; }
 
+		// Analog TODO: this assumes the Generator is boolean
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Parses a segment of a full mnemonic string (the content between pipes)
 		/// Note: this assume the pipes are not being passed in!
 		/// </summary>
 		IDictionary<string, bool> ParseMnemonicSegment(string mnemonicSegment);
+
+		// Analog Support TODO: this assume the Generator is boolean
+		//Dictionary<string, bool> GetBoolButtons();
+
+		Dictionary<string, char> AvailableMnemonics { get; }
 	}
 
 	/// <summary>
@@ -49,6 +55,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// </summary>
 		int Count { get; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Source controller to read input state from
+		/// </summary>
+		IController Source { get; set; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets or sets the given port with an IMnemonicGenerator implementation
 		/// Ports are zero based
@@ -61,6 +72,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// Gets an IMnemonicGenerator implementation that represents the buttons and controls on the console itself (Reset, Power, etc)
 		/// </summary>
 		IMnemonicGenerator ConsoleControls { get; }
+
+		Dictionary<string, bool> ParseMnemonicString(string mnemonicStr);
+
+		// Analog TODO: this assume the generators are boolean
+		Dictionary<string, bool> GetBoolButtons();
+
+		// TODO: this shouldn't be required, refactor MovieRecord
+		string GenerateMnemonicString(Dictionary<string, bool> buttons);
+
+		string EmptyMnemonic { get; }
+
+		Dictionary<string, char> AvailableMnemonics { get; }
 	}
 
 	public class BooleanControllerMnemonicGenerator : IMnemonicGenerator
@@ -77,6 +100,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			_controllerMnemonics.Add(key, value);
 		}
 
+		public Dictionary<string, char> AvailableMnemonics
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return _controllerMnemonics.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => kvp.Value);
+			}
+		}
+
 		public IController Source { get; set; }
 		public string ControllerPrefix { get; set; }
 		public string Name
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/NesMnemonicGenerator.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/NesMnemonicGenerator.cs
index fecd6977e3..773329468e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/NesMnemonicGenerator.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/ControllerLookups/NesMnemonicGenerator.cs
@@ -2,15 +2,21 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public class NesMnemonicGenerator : IMnemonicPorts
 	{
-		public NesMnemonicGenerator(bool fds =  false, bool isFourscore = false)
+		public NesMnemonicGenerator(IController source, bool fds =  false, bool isFourscore = false)
 		{
+			Source = source;
 			_isFds = fds;
 			_isFourscore = isFourscore;
+
+			_nesConsoleControls.Source = source;
+			_fdsConsoleControls.Source = source;
+			_controllerPorts.ForEach(x => x.Source = source);
 		}
 
 		public bool FourScoreEnabled
@@ -32,6 +38,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			get { return _isFourscore ? 4 : 2; }
 		}
 
+		public IController Source { get; set; }
+
 		// This is probably not necessary, but let's see how things go
 		public IEnumerable<IMnemonicGenerator> AvailableGenerators
 		{
@@ -86,6 +94,86 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		}
 
+		#region TODO: nothing specific to this object here, this could be done in a base class
+
+		public Dictionary<string, bool> ParseMnemonicString(string mnemonicStr)
+		{
+			var segments = mnemonicStr.Split('|');
+			var kvps = new List<KeyValuePair<string,bool>>();
+			var generators = AvailableGenerators.ToList();
+			for(int i = 0; i < mnemonicStr.Length; i++)
+			{
+				kvps.AddRange(generators[i].ParseMnemonicSegment(segments[i]));
+			}
+
+			return kvps.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => kvp.Value);
+		}
+
+		public Dictionary<string, bool> GetBoolButtons()
+		{
+			List<IMnemonicGenerator> generators = AvailableGenerators.ToList();
+
+			return generators
+				.SelectMany(mc => mc.AvailableMnemonics)
+				.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => this.Source.IsPressed(kvp.Key));
+		}
+
+		// TODO: this shouldn't be required, refactor MovieRecord
+		public string GenerateMnemonicString(Dictionary<string, bool> buttons)
+		{
+			var mnemonics = AvailableMnemonics;
+
+			var sb = new StringBuilder();
+			sb.Append('|');
+
+			foreach (var generator in AvailableGenerators)
+			{
+				foreach (var blah in generator.AvailableMnemonics)
+				{
+					if (buttons.ContainsKey(blah.Key))
+					{
+						sb.Append(buttons[blah.Key] ? blah.Value : '.');
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						sb.Append('.');
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			sb.Append('|');
+
+			return sb.ToString();
+		}
+
+		public string EmptyMnemonic
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				var blah = AvailableGenerators.Select(x => x.EmptyMnemonicString);
+				return "|" + String.Join("|", blah) + "|";
+			}
+		}
+
+		// TODO: refactor me!
+		public Dictionary<string, char> AvailableMnemonics
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				var kvps = new List<KeyValuePair<string, char>>();
+				foreach (var blah in AvailableGenerators)
+				{
+					foreach (var blah2 in blah.AvailableMnemonics)
+					{
+						kvps.Add(blah2);
+					}
+				}
+
+				return kvps.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value);
+			}
+		}
+		#endregion
+
 		#endregion
 
 		#region Privates
@@ -114,7 +202,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		)
 			{
-				Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 				ControllerPrefix = String.Empty
 			};
 
@@ -130,7 +217,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		)
 		{
-			Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 			ControllerPrefix = String.Empty
 		};
 
@@ -139,22 +225,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			{
 				new BooleanControllerMnemonicGenerator("Player 1", _basicController)
 				{
-					Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 					ControllerPrefix = "P1"
 				},
 				new BooleanControllerMnemonicGenerator("Player 2", _basicController)
 				{
-					Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 					ControllerPrefix = "P2"
 				},
 				new BooleanControllerMnemonicGenerator("Player 3", _basicController)
 				{
-					Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 					ControllerPrefix = "P3"
 				},
 				new BooleanControllerMnemonicGenerator("Player 4", _basicController)
 				{
-					Source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint,
 					ControllerPrefix = "P4"
 				}
 			};
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/NewMnemonicsGenerator.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/NewMnemonicsGenerator.cs
index d448cd4665..adc39df850 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/NewMnemonicsGenerator.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/NewMnemonicsGenerator.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	// Used with the version 2 movie implementation (TasMovie.cs)
+	/*
 	public class NewMnemonicsGenerator
 	{
 		public MnemonicLookupTable MnemonicLookup { get; private set; }
@@ -157,4 +158,5 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	*/
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/TasMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/TasMovie.cs
index 0d264890de..6b1ade0da9 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/TasMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/TasMovie.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		// TODO: preloading, or benchmark and see how much of a performaance gain it really is
 		// TODO: support loop Offset
 		// TODO: consider the fileformat of binary and lagged data
-		private readonly NewMnemonicsGenerator _mg;
+		private readonly IMnemonicPorts _mg;
 		private readonly IController _source = Global.MovieOutputHardpoint;
 
 		public MovieRecord this[int index]
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		{
 			get
 			{
-				var mg = new NewMnemonicsGenerator(_source) { ActivePlayers = this.ActivePlayers };
-				return mg.AvailableMnemonics;
+				return _mg.AvailableMnemonics;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -89,14 +88,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public TasMovie(bool startsFromSavestate = false)
 		{
+			_mg = MnemonicGeneratorFactory.Generate();
 			Filename = String.Empty;
 			Header = new MovieHeader { StartsFromSavestate = startsFromSavestate };
 			Header[HeaderKeys.MOVIEVERSION] = HeaderKeys.MovieVersion2;
 			_records = new MovieRecordList();
 			_mode = Moviemode.Inactive;
 			IsCountingRerecords = true;
-
-			_mg = new NewMnemonicsGenerator(_source);
 		}
 
 		public string Filename { get; set; }