diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/BitmapBufferVideoProvder.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BitmapBufferVideoProvider.cs
similarity index 90%
rename from BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/BitmapBufferVideoProvder.cs
rename to BizHawk.Client.Common/BitmapBufferVideoProvider.cs
index f727cc1398..b5fd7f6abc 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/AVOut/BitmapBufferVideoProvder.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BitmapBufferVideoProvider.cs
@@ -1,56 +1,56 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Drawing;
-
-using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
-using BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL;
-
-namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
-{
-	public class BitmapBufferVideoProvider : IVideoProvider, IDisposable
-	{
-		BitmapBuffer bb;
-		public BitmapBufferVideoProvider(BitmapBuffer bb)
-		{
-			this.bb = bb;
-		}
-
-		public void Dispose()
-		{
-			if (bb != null) bb.Dispose();
-			bb = null;
-		}
-
-		public int[] GetVideoBuffer()
-		{
-			return bb.Pixels;
-		}
-
-		public int VirtualWidth
-		{
-			get { return bb.Width; }
-		}
-
-		public int VirtualHeight
-		{
-			get { return bb.Height; }
-		}
-
-		public int BufferWidth
-		{
-			get { return bb.Width; }
-		}
-
-		public int BufferHeight
-		{
-			get { return bb.Height; }
-		}
-
-		public int BackgroundColor
-		{
-			get { return 0; }
-		}
-	}
-}
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Drawing;
+
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
+using BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL;
+
+namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
+{
+	public class BitmapBufferVideoProvider : IVideoProvider, IDisposable
+	{
+		BitmapBuffer bb;
+		public BitmapBufferVideoProvider(BitmapBuffer bb)
+		{
+			this.bb = bb;
+		}
+
+		public void Dispose()
+		{
+			if (bb != null) bb.Dispose();
+			bb = null;
+		}
+
+		public int[] GetVideoBuffer()
+		{
+			return bb.Pixels;
+		}
+
+		public int VirtualWidth
+		{
+			get { return bb.Width; }
+		}
+
+		public int VirtualHeight
+		{
+			get { return bb.Height; }
+		}
+
+		public int BufferWidth
+		{
+			get { return bb.Width; }
+		}
+
+		public int BufferHeight
+		{
+			get { return bb.Height; }
+		}
+
+		public int BackgroundColor
+		{
+			get { return 0; }
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
index ee24a77606..d3c67435b7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     <Compile Include="7z\SevenZipSfx.cs" />
     <Compile Include="7z\StreamWrappers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BinarySaveStates.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="BitmapBufferVideoProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="config\Binding.cs" />
     <Compile Include="config\Config.cs" />
     <Compile Include="config\ConfigService.cs" />
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/QuickBmpFile.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/QuickBmpFile.cs
index a47bc0f7e7..24bb9ce772 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/QuickBmpFile.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/QuickBmpFile.cs
@@ -143,6 +143,25 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		}
 
+		public unsafe static void Copy(IVideoProvider src, IVideoProvider dst)
+		{
+			fixed (int* srcp = src.GetVideoBuffer(), dstp = dst.GetVideoBuffer())
+			{
+				Blit(new BMP
+				{
+					Data = srcp,
+					Width = src.BufferWidth,
+					Height = src.BufferHeight
+				},
+				new BMP
+				{
+					Data = dstp,
+					Width = src.BufferWidth,
+					Height = src.BufferHeight
+				});
+			}
+		}
+
 		public unsafe static bool Load(IVideoProvider v, Stream s)
 		{
 			var bf = BITMAPFILEHEADER.FromStream(s);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
index 24f16e9c3d..cb0917fef7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		public int Frame { get; set; }
 		public byte[] CoreData { get; set; }
 		public List<string> InputLog { get; set; }
-		public int[] OSDFrameBuffer { get; set; }
+		public BitmapBuffer OSDFrameBuffer { get; set; }
 		public TasLagLog LagLog { get; set; }
 	}
 
@@ -42,15 +43,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				});
 				bs.PutLump(nframebuffer, delegate(Stream s)
 				{
-					// todo: do we want to do something more clever here?
-					byte[] buff = new byte[2048];
-					var src = b.OSDFrameBuffer;
-					for (int i = 0; i < src.Length; i += 512)
-					{
-						int n = Math.Min(512, src.Length - i);
-						Buffer.BlockCopy(src, i * 4, buff, 0, n * 4);
-						s.Write(buff, 0, n * 4);
-					}
+					var vp = new BitmapBufferVideoProvider(b.OSDFrameBuffer);
+					QuickBmpFile.Save(vp, s, 160, 120); // todo: choose size more smarterly
 				});
 				bs.PutLump(nlaglog, delegate(BinaryWriter bw)
 				{
@@ -103,15 +97,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 				bl.GetLump(nframebuffer, true, delegate(Stream s, long length)
 				{
-					int[] dst = new int[length / 4];
-					byte[] buff = new byte[2048];
-					for (int i = 0; i < dst.Length; i++)
-					{
-						int n = Math.Min(512, dst.Length - i);
-						s.Read(buff, 0, n * 4);
-						Buffer.BlockCopy(buff, 0, dst, i * 4, n * 4);
-					}
-					b.OSDFrameBuffer = dst;
+					b.OSDFrameBuffer = new BitmapBuffer(160, 120); // todo: choose size more smarterly
+					var vp = new BitmapBufferVideoProvider(b.OSDFrameBuffer);
+					QuickBmpFile.Load(vp, s);
 				});
 
 				bl.GetLump(nlaglog, true, delegate(BinaryReader br)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
index 6d040811d6..cf521e3fe9 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="AVOut\AviWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AVOut\AVSync.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="AVOut\BitmapBufferVideoProvder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AVOut\BmpVideoProvder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AVOut\FFmpegWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AVOut\FFmpegWriterForm.cs">
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/BookmarksBranchesBox.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/BookmarksBranchesBox.cs
index 370a03e529..a98b11080c 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/BookmarksBranchesBox.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TAStudio/BookmarksBranchesBox.cs
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				Frame = Global.Emulator.Frame,
 				CoreData = (byte[])((Global.Emulator as IStatable).SaveStateBinary().Clone()),
 				InputLog = Tastudio.CurrentTasMovie.InputLog.ToList(),
-				//OSDFrameBuffer = GlobalWin.MainForm.CurrentFrameBuffer(captureOSD: true),
-				OSDFrameBuffer = (int[])(Global.Emulator.VideoProvider().GetVideoBuffer().Clone()),
+				OSDFrameBuffer = GlobalWin.MainForm.CaptureOSD(),
+				//OSDFrameBuffer = (int[])(Global.Emulator.VideoProvider().GetVideoBuffer().Clone()),
 				LagLog = Tastudio.CurrentTasMovie.TasLagLog.Clone()
 			};
 
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 		}
 
-		private void Temp(int[] framebuffer)
-		{
-			var buff = Global.Emulator.VideoProvider().GetVideoBuffer();
-			for (int i = 0; i < buff.Length; i++)
-			{
-				buff[i] = framebuffer[i];
-			}
-		}
-
 		private void LoadBranch(TasBranch branch)
 		{
 			Tastudio.CurrentTasMovie.LoadBranch(branch);
@@ -138,7 +129,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			var stateInfo = new KeyValuePair<int, byte[]>(branch.Frame, branch.CoreData);
 			Tastudio.LoadState(stateInfo);
 			//SavestateManager.PopulateFramebuffer(branch.OSDFrameBuffer);
-			Temp(branch.OSDFrameBuffer);
+			//Temp(branch.OSDFrameBuffer);
 			GlobalWin.MainForm.PauseEmulator();
 			GlobalWin.MainForm.PauseOnFrame = null;
 			Tastudio.RefreshDialog();