diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/SavestateManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/SavestateManager.cs
index 945141c890..5fbefb1bd3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/SavestateManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/SavestateManager.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					if (Global.Config.SaveLargeScreenshotWithStates || buff.Length < Global.Config.BigScreenshotSize)
 					{
 						using (new SimpleTime("Save Framebuffer"))
-							bs.PutLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer, (BinaryWriter bw) => bw.Write(buff));
+							bs.PutLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer, DumpFramebuffer);
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static void PopulateFramebuffer(BinaryReader br)
+		{
+			var buff = Global.Emulator.VideoProvider.GetVideoBuffer();
+			try
+			{
+				for (int i = 0; i < buff.Length; i++)
+				{
+					int j = br.ReadInt32();
+					buff[i] = j;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (EndOfStreamException) { }
+		}
+
+		public static void DumpFramebuffer(BinaryWriter bw)
+		{
+			bw.Write(Global.Emulator.VideoProvider.GetVideoBuffer());
+		}
+
 		public static bool LoadStateFile(string path, string name)
 		{
 			// try to detect binary first
@@ -77,20 +96,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					using (new SimpleTime("Load Core"))
 						bl.GetCoreState(br => Global.Emulator.LoadStateBinary(br), tr => Global.Emulator.LoadStateText(tr));
 
-					bl.GetLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer, false, 
-						delegate(BinaryReader br)
-						{
-							var buff = Global.Emulator.VideoProvider.GetVideoBuffer();
-							try
-							{
-								for (int i = 0; i < buff.Length; i++)
-								{
-									int j = br.ReadInt32();
-									buff[i] = j;
-								}
-							}
-							catch (EndOfStreamException) { }
-						});
+					bl.GetLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer, false, PopulateFramebuffer);
 				}
 				catch
 				{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.HeaderApi.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.HeaderApi.cs
index b8f7771412..1e8ddce528 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.HeaderApi.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.HeaderApi.cs
@@ -238,5 +238,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public string TextSavestate { get; set; }
 		public byte[] BinarySavestate { get; set; }
+		public int[] SavestateFramebuffer { get; set; }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.IO.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.IO.cs
index 1d2b58050b..66afb5d7b5 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.IO.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2Movie.IO.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 						{
 							TextSavestate = tr.ReadToEnd();
 						});
+					bl.GetLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer, false,
+						delegate(BinaryReader br, long length)
+						{
+							SavestateFramebuffer = new int[length / sizeof(int)];
+							for (int i = 0; i < SavestateFramebuffer.Length; i++)
+								SavestateFramebuffer[i] = br.ReadInt32();
+						});
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -166,6 +173,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					{
 						bs.PutLump(BinaryStateLump.Corestate, (BinaryWriter bw) => bw.Write(BinarySavestate));
 					}
+					if (SavestateFramebuffer != null)
+					{
+						bs.PutLump(BinaryStateLump.Framebuffer,
+							(BinaryWriter bw) => BizHawk.Common.IOExtensions.IOExtensions.Write(bw, SavestateFramebuffer));
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bkm/BkmMovie.HeaderApi.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bkm/BkmMovie.HeaderApi.cs
index 684aa6b5ca..d46e816cdb 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bkm/BkmMovie.HeaderApi.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bkm/BkmMovie.HeaderApi.cs
@@ -90,5 +90,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public string TextSavestate { get; set; }
 		public byte[] BinarySavestate { get; set; }
+		public int[] SavestateFramebuffer { get { return null; } set { } } // eat and ignore framebuffers
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
index e4f393ef0c..31fd9eea66 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		// savestate anchor.
 		string TextSavestate { get; set; }
 		byte[] BinarySavestate { get; set; }
+		int[] SavestateFramebuffer { get; set; }
 
 		ulong Rerecords { get; set; }
 		bool StartsFromSavestate { get; set; }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
index e0d733d511..ca8509bd69 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Movie.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					Global.Emulator.LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(movie.BinarySavestate, false)));
 				}
-
+				if (movie.SavestateFramebuffer != null)
+				{
+					var b1 = movie.SavestateFramebuffer;
+					var b2 = Global.Emulator.VideoProvider.GetVideoBuffer();
+					int len = Math.Min(b1.Length, b2.Length);
+					for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
+					{
+						b2[i] = b1[i];
+					}
+				}
 				Global.Emulator.ResetCounters();
 			}
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
index 78d2c90148..939cfbfab6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 							movieToRecord.TextSavestate = sw.ToString();
 						}
 					}
+					// TODO: do we want to support optionally not saving this?
+					if (true)
+					{
+						// hack: some IMovies eat the framebuffer, so don't bother with them
+						movieToRecord.SavestateFramebuffer = new int[0];
+						if (movieToRecord.SavestateFramebuffer != null)
+						{
+
+							movieToRecord.SavestateFramebuffer = (int[])Global.Emulator.VideoProvider.GetVideoBuffer().Clone();
+						}
+					}
 				}
 
 				movieToRecord.PopulateWithDefaultHeaderValues(AuthorBox.Text);