diff --git a/lib/flv_tag.cpp b/lib/flv_tag.cpp
index 2c005dc1..89694a3f 100644
--- a/lib/flv_tag.cpp
+++ b/lib/flv_tag.cpp
@@ -627,79 +627,6 @@ bool FLV::Tag::MemLoader(char * D, unsigned int S, unsigned int & P){
 }//Tag::MemLoader
 
 
-/// Helper function for FLV::SockLoader.
-/// This function will try to read count bytes from socket sock into buffer.
-/// This function should be called repeatedly until true.
-/// \param buffer The target buffer.
-/// \param count Amount of bytes to read.
-/// \param sofar Current amount read.
-/// \param sock Socket to read from.
-/// \return True if count bytes are read succesfully, false otherwise.
-bool FLV::Tag::SockReadUntil(char * buffer, unsigned int count, unsigned int & sofar, Socket::Connection & sock){
-  if (sofar >= count){return true;}
-  int r = 0;
-  r = sock.iread(buffer + sofar,count-sofar);
-  sofar += r;
-  if (sofar >= count){return true;}
-  return false;
-}//Tag::SockReadUntil
-
-/// Try to load a tag from a socket.
-/// This is a stateful function - if fed incorrect data, it will most likely never return true again!
-/// While this function returns false, the Tag might not contain valid data.
-/// \param sock The socket to read from.
-/// \return True if a whole tag is succesfully read, false otherwise.
-bool FLV::Tag::SockLoader(Socket::Connection sock){
-  if (buf < 15){data = (char*)realloc(data, 15); buf = 15;}
-  if (done){
-    if (SockReadUntil(data, 11, sofar, sock)){
-      //if its a correct FLV header, throw away and read tag header
-      if (FLV::is_header(data)){
-        if (SockReadUntil(data, 13, sofar, sock)){
-          if (FLV::check_header(data)){
-            sofar = 0;
-            memcpy(FLV::Header, data, 13);
-          }else{FLV::Parse_Error = true; Error_Str = "Invalid header received."; return false;}
-        }
-      }else{
-        //if a tag header, calculate length and read tag body
-        len = data[3] + 15;
-        len += (data[2] << 8);
-        len += (data[1] << 16);
-        if (buf < len){data = (char*)realloc(data, len); buf = len;}
-        if (data[0] > 0x12){
-          data[0] += 32;
-          FLV::Parse_Error = true;
-          Error_Str = "Invalid Tag received (";
-          Error_Str += data[0];
-          Error_Str += ").";
-          return false;
-        }
-        done = false;
-      }
-    }
-  }else{
-    //read tag body
-    if (SockReadUntil(data, len, sofar, sock)){
-      //calculate keyframeness, next time read header again, return true
-      if ((data[0] == 0x09) && (((data[11] & 0xf0) >> 4) == 1)){isKeyframe = true;}else{isKeyframe = false;}
-      done = true;
-      sofar = 0;
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}//Tag::SockLoader
-
-/// Try to load a tag from a socket.
-/// This is a stateful function - if fed incorrect data, it will most likely never return true again!
-/// While this function returns false, the Tag might not contain valid data.
-/// \param sock The socket to read from.
-/// \return True if a whole tag is succesfully read, false otherwise.
-bool FLV::Tag::SockLoader(int sock){
-  return SockLoader(Socket::Connection(sock));
-}//Tag::SockLoader
-
 /// Helper function for FLV::FileLoader.
 /// This function will try to read count bytes from file f into buffer.
 /// This function should be called repeatedly until true.
diff --git a/lib/flv_tag.h b/lib/flv_tag.h
index 4e61fc6a..8de48eb5 100644
--- a/lib/flv_tag.h
+++ b/lib/flv_tag.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ namespace FLV {
       bool DTSCMetaInit(DTSC::Stream & S);
       JSON::Value toJSON(JSON::Value & metadata);
       bool MemLoader(char * D, unsigned int S, unsigned int & P);
-      bool SockLoader(int sock);
-      bool SockLoader(Socket::Connection sock);
       bool FileLoader(FILE * f);
     protected:
       int buf; ///< Maximum length of buffer space.
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ namespace FLV {
       void setLen();
       //loader helper functions
       bool MemReadUntil(char * buffer, unsigned int count, unsigned int & sofar, char * D, unsigned int S, unsigned int & P);
-      bool SockReadUntil(char * buffer, unsigned int count, unsigned int & sofar, Socket::Connection & sock);
       bool FileReadUntil(char * buffer, unsigned int count, unsigned int & sofar, FILE * f);
       //JSON writer helpers
       void Meta_Put(JSON::Value & meta, std::string cat, std::string elem, std::string val);
diff --git a/lib/socket.cpp b/lib/socket.cpp
index 518c77db..9a230118 100644
--- a/lib/socket.cpp
+++ b/lib/socket.cpp
@@ -160,55 +160,6 @@ Socket::Connection::Connection(std::string host, int port, bool nonblock){
   }
 }//Socket::Connection TCP Contructor
 
-/// Calls poll() on the socket, checking if data is available.
-/// This function may return true even if there is no data, but never returns false when there is.
-bool Socket::Connection::canRead(){
-  struct pollfd PFD;
-  PFD.fd = sock;
-  PFD.events = POLLIN;
-  PFD.revents = 0;
-  poll(&PFD, 1, 5);
-  return (PFD.revents & POLLIN) == POLLIN;
-}
-/// Calls poll() on the socket, checking if data can be written.
-bool Socket::Connection::canWrite(){
-  struct pollfd PFD;
-  PFD.fd = sock;
-  PFD.events = POLLOUT;
-  PFD.revents = 0;
-  poll(&PFD, 1, 5);
-  return (PFD.revents & POLLOUT) == POLLOUT;
-}
-
-
-/// Returns the ready-state for this socket.
-/// \returns 1 if data is waiting to be read, -1 if not connected, 0 otherwise.
-signed int Socket::Connection::ready(){
-  if (sock < 0) return -1;
-  char tmp;
-  int preflags = fcntl(sock, F_GETFL, 0);
-  int postflags = preflags | O_NONBLOCK;
-  fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, postflags);
-  int r = recv(sock, &tmp, 1, MSG_PEEK);
-  fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, preflags);
-  if (r < 0){
-    if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK){
-      return 0;
-    }else{
-      #if DEBUG >= 2
-      fprintf(stderr, "Socket ready error! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-      #endif
-      close();
-      return -1;
-    }
-  }
-  if (r == 0){
-    close();
-    return -1;
-  }
-  return r;
-}
-
 /// Returns the connected-state for this socket.
 /// Note that this function might be slightly behind the real situation.
 /// The connection status is updated after every read/write attempt, when errors occur
@@ -241,6 +192,17 @@ bool Socket::Connection::spool(){
   return iread(downbuffer);
 }
 
+/// Updates the downbuffer and upbuffer internal variables until upbuffer is empty.
+/// Returns true if new data was received, false otherwise.
+bool Socket::Connection::flush(){
+  while (upbuffer.size() > 0 && connected()){
+    iwrite(upbuffer);
+    usleep(5000);//sleep 5 ms
+  }
+  return iread(downbuffer);
+}
+
+
 /// Returns a reference to the download buffer.
 std::string & Socket::Connection::Received(){
   return downbuffer;
@@ -251,81 +213,6 @@ void Socket::Connection::Send(std::string data){
   upbuffer.append(data);
 }
 
-/// Writes data to socket. This function blocks if the socket is blocking and all data cannot be written right away.
-/// If the socket is nonblocking and not all data can be written, this function sets internal variable Blocking to true
-/// and returns false.
-/// \param buffer Location of the buffer to write from.
-/// \param len Amount of bytes to write.
-/// \returns True if the whole write was succesfull, false otherwise.
-bool Socket::Connection::write(const void * buffer, int len){
-  int sofar = 0;
-  if (sock < 0){return false;}
-  while (sofar != len){
-    int r = send(sock, (char*)buffer + sofar, len-sofar, 0);
-    if (r <= 0){
-      Error = true;
-      #if DEBUG >= 2
-      fprintf(stderr, "Could not write data! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-      #endif
-      close();
-      up += sofar;
-      return false;
-    }else{
-      sofar += r;
-    }
-  }
-  up += sofar;
-  return true;
-}//DDv::Socket::write
-
-/// Reads data from socket. This function blocks if the socket is blocking and all data cannot be read right away.
-/// If the socket is nonblocking and not all data can be read, this function sets internal variable Blocking to true
-/// and returns false.
-/// \param buffer Location of the buffer to read to.
-/// \param len Amount of bytes to read.
-/// \returns True if the whole read was succesfull, false otherwise.
-bool Socket::Connection::read(const void * buffer, int len){
-  int sofar = 0;
-  if (sock < 0){return false;}
-  while (sofar != len){
-    int r = recv(sock, (char*)buffer + sofar, len-sofar, 0);
-    if (r < 0){
-      switch (errno){
-        case EWOULDBLOCK:
-          down += sofar;
-          return 0;
-          break;
-        default:
-          Error = true;
-          #if DEBUG >= 2
-          fprintf(stderr, "Could not read data! Error %i: %s\n", r, strerror(errno));
-          #endif
-          close();
-          down += sofar;
-          break;
-      }
-      return false;
-    }else{
-      if (r == 0){
-        Error = true;
-        close();
-        down += sofar;
-        return false;
-      }
-      sofar += r;
-    }
-  }
-  down += sofar;
-  return true;
-}//Socket::Connection::read
-
-/// Read call that is compatible with file access syntax. This function simply calls the other read function.
-bool Socket::Connection::read(const void * buffer, int width, int count){return read(buffer, width*count);}
-/// Write call that is compatible with file access syntax. This function simply calls the other write function.
-bool Socket::Connection::write(const void * buffer, int width, int count){return write(buffer, width*count);}
-/// Write call that is compatible with std::string. This function simply calls the other write function.
-bool Socket::Connection::write(const std::string data){return write(data.c_str(), data.size());}
-
 /// Incremental write call. This function tries to write len bytes to the socket from the buffer,
 /// returning the amount of bytes it actually wrote.
 /// \param buffer Location of the buffer to write from.
@@ -336,12 +223,16 @@ int Socket::Connection::iwrite(const void * buffer, int len){
   int r = send(sock, buffer, len, 0);
   if (r < 0){
     switch (errno){
-      case EWOULDBLOCK: return 0; break;
+      case EWOULDBLOCK:
+        return 0;
+        break;
       default:
-        Error = true;
-        #if DEBUG >= 2
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not iwrite data! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-        #endif
+        if (errno != EPIPE){
+          Error = true;
+          #if DEBUG >= 2
+          fprintf(stderr, "Could not iwrite data! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+          #endif
+        }
         close();
         return 0;
         break;
@@ -364,12 +255,16 @@ int Socket::Connection::iread(void * buffer, int len){
   int r = recv(sock, buffer, len, 0);
   if (r < 0){
     switch (errno){
-      case EWOULDBLOCK: return 0; break;
+      case EWOULDBLOCK:
+        return 0;
+        break;
       default:
-        Error = true;
-        #if DEBUG >= 2
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not iread data! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-        #endif
+        if (errno != EPIPE){
+          Error = true;
+          #if DEBUG >= 2
+          fprintf(stderr, "Could not iread data! Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+          #endif
+        }
         close();
         return 0;
         break;
@@ -382,23 +277,6 @@ int Socket::Connection::iread(void * buffer, int len){
   return r;
 }//Socket::Connection::iread
 
-/// Read call that is compatible with std::string.
-/// Data is read using iread (which is nonblocking if the Socket::Connection itself is),
-/// then appended to end of buffer. This functions reads at least one byte before returning.
-/// \param buffer std::string to append data to.
-/// \return True if new data arrived, false otherwise.
-bool Socket::Connection::read(std::string & buffer){
-  char cbuffer[5000];
-  if (!read(cbuffer, 1)){return false;}
-  int num = iread(cbuffer+1, 4999);
-  if (num > 0){
-    buffer.append(cbuffer, num+1);
-  }else{
-    buffer.append(cbuffer, 1);
-  }
-  return true;
-}//read
-
 /// Read call that is compatible with std::string.
 /// Data is read using iread (which is nonblocking if the Socket::Connection itself is),
 /// then appended to end of buffer.
@@ -425,18 +303,6 @@ bool Socket::Connection::iwrite(std::string & buffer){
   return true;
 }//iwrite
 
-/// Write call that is compatible with std::string.
-/// Data is written using write (which is always blocking),
-/// then removed from front of buffer.
-/// \param buffer std::string to remove data from.
-/// \return True if more data was sent, false otherwise.
-bool Socket::Connection::swrite(std::string & buffer){
-  if (buffer.size() < 1){return false;}
-  bool tmp = write((void*)buffer.c_str(), buffer.size());
-  if (tmp){buffer = "";}
-  return tmp;
-}//write
-
 /// Gets hostname for connection, if available.
 std::string Socket::Connection::getHost(){
   return remotehost;
diff --git a/lib/socket.h b/lib/socket.h
index 2a4f0418..db902c66 100644
--- a/lib/socket.h
+++ b/lib/socket.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+//for being friendly with Socket::Connection down below
+namespace Buffer{class user;};
 
 ///Holds Socket tools.
 namespace Socket{
@@ -28,35 +30,32 @@ namespace Socket{
       unsigned int conntime;
       std::string downbuffer; ///< Stores temporary data coming in.
       std::string upbuffer; ///< Stores temporary data going out.
+      int iread(void * buffer, int len); ///< Incremental read call.
+      int iwrite(const void * buffer, int len); ///< Incremental write call.
+      bool iread(std::string & buffer); ///< Incremental write call that is compatible with std::string.
+      bool iwrite(std::string & buffer); ///< Write call that is compatible with std::string.
     public:
+      //friends
+      friend class Buffer::user;
+      //constructors
       Connection(); ///< Create a new disconnected base socket.
       Connection(int sockNo); ///< Create a new base socket.
       Connection(std::string hostname, int port, bool nonblock); ///< Create a new TCP socket.
       Connection(std::string adres, bool nonblock = false); ///< Create a new Unix Socket.
-      void setBlocking(bool blocking); ///< Set this socket to be blocking (true) or nonblocking (false).
-      bool canRead(); ///< Calls poll() on the socket, checking if data is available.
-      bool canWrite(); ///< Calls poll() on the socket, checking if data can be written.
-      signed int ready(); ///< Returns the ready-state for this socket.
-      bool connected() const; ///< Returns the connected-state for this socket.
-      bool read(const void * buffer, int len); ///< Reads data from socket.
-      bool read(const void * buffer, int width, int count); ///< Read call that is compatible with file access syntax.
-      bool write(const void * buffer, int len); ///< Writes data to socket.
-      bool write(const void * buffer, int width, int count); ///< Write call that is compatible with file access syntax.
-      bool write(const std::string data); ///< Write call that is compatible with std::string.
-      int iwrite(const void * buffer, int len); ///< Incremental write call.
-      int iread(void * buffer, int len); ///< Incremental read call.
-      bool read(std::string & buffer); ///< Read call that is compatible with std::string.
-      bool swrite(std::string & buffer); ///< Write call that is compatible with std::string.
-      bool iread(std::string & buffer); ///< Incremental write call that is compatible with std::string.
-      bool iwrite(std::string & buffer); ///< Write call that is compatible with std::string.
-      bool spool(); ///< Updates the downbuffer and upbuffer internal variables.
-      std::string & Received(); ///< Returns a reference to the download buffer.
-      void Send(std::string data); ///< Appends data to the upbuffer.
+      //generic methods
       void close(); ///< Close connection.
+      void setBlocking(bool blocking); ///< Set this socket to be blocking (true) or nonblocking (false).
       std::string getHost(); ///< Gets hostname for connection, if available.
       void setHost(std::string host); ///< Sets hostname for connection manually.
       int getSocket(); ///< Returns internal socket number.
       std::string getError(); ///< Returns a string describing the last error that occured.
+      bool connected() const; ///< Returns the connected-state for this socket.
+      //buffered i/o methods
+      bool spool(); ///< Updates the downbuffer and upbuffer internal variables.
+      bool flush(); ///< Updates the downbuffer and upbuffer internal variables until upbuffer is empty.
+      std::string & Received(); ///< Returns a reference to the download buffer.
+      void Send(std::string data); ///< Appends data to the upbuffer.
+      //stats related methods
       unsigned int dataUp(); ///< Returns total amount of bytes sent.
       unsigned int dataDown(); ///< Returns total amount of bytes received.
       std::string getStats(std::string C); ///< Returns a std::string of stats, ended by a newline.