diff --git a/Classes/RTMPStream.h b/Classes/RTMPStream.h
index 0f40f74..edf5147 100644
--- a/Classes/RTMPStream.h
+++ b/Classes/RTMPStream.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	TCPSocket *socket;
 	NSFileHandle *connection;
 	NSMutableData *buffer;
+	NSURL *streamURL;
 }
-- (void)connectToServer:(NSString *)server onPort:(unsigned short)port;
-- (void)requestStream:(NSString *)file;
+@property (nonatomic, copy) NSURL *streamURL;
 @end
diff --git a/Classes/RTMPStream.m b/Classes/RTMPStream.m
index a2aec5c..17a3aec 100644
--- a/Classes/RTMPStream.m
+++ b/Classes/RTMPStream.m
@@ -8,11 +8,29 @@
 
 #import "RTMPStream.h"
 #import "NSData-BytePacking.h"
-
+const unsigned short RTMP_DEFAULT_PORT = 1935;
 /*Constants sourced from VLC's rtmp_amf_flv.c*/
 const unsigned char RTMP_HANDSHAKE = 0x03;
 const unsigned short RTMP_HANDSHAKE_BODY_SIZE = 1536;
 
+/* content types */
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_CHUNK_SIZE = 0x01;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN_02 = 0x02;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_BYTES_READ = 0x03;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_PING = 0x04;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_SERVER_BW = 0x05;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_CLIENT_BW = 0x06;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN_07 = 0x07;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_AUDIO_DATA = 0x08;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_VIDEO_DATA = 0x09;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN_0A_0E = 0x0A;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_FLEX_STREAM = 0x0F;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_FLEX_SHARED_OBJECT = 0x10;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_MESSAGE = 0x11;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_NOTIFY = 0x12;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_SHARED_OBJECT = 0x13;
+const unsigned char RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_INVOKE = 0x14;
+
 const unsigned char  AMF_BOOLEAN_FALSE = 0x00;
 const unsigned char  AMF_BOOLEAN_TRUE = 0x01;
 
@@ -58,19 +76,41 @@
 
 /*Private calls not visible to the fellow classes*/
 @interface RTMPStream (Private)
+- (void)connectToServer:(NSString *)server onPort:(unsigned short)port;
+
 - (void)sendHandshake;
 - (void)disconnect;
 - (void)sendConnectRequest;
 - (void)waitForHandshakeResponse;
 
+- (void)sendPacket:(NSData *)packet type:(unsigned char)type;
+- (NSData *)encodePacket:(NSData *)packet type:(unsigned char)type;
+
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFString:(NSString *)str;
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFNumber:(unsigned long long)number;
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFBoolean:(BOOL)value;
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFObject:(NSData *)object;
+- (NSData *)encodeAMFEndObject;
+
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFStringVariable:(NSString *)value key:(NSString *)key;
+- (NSData *)encodeAMFNumberVariable:(unsigned long long)value key:(NSString *)key;
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFBooleanVariable:(BOOL)value key:(NSString *)key;
 @end
 @implementation RTMPStream
+- (NSURL *)streamURL
+{
+	return streamURL;
+}
+- (void)setStreamURL:(NSURL *)aStreamURL
+{
+	streamURL = [aStreamURL copy];
+	unsigned short port = RTMP_DEFAULT_PORT;
+	if([streamURL port])
+	{
+		port = [[streamURL port] unsignedShortValue];
+	}
+	[self connectToServer:[streamURL host] onPort:port];
+}
 - (void)connectToServer:(NSString *)server onPort:(unsigned short)port
 {
 	//if for some reason we are re-connecting to the server, the socket, buffer, and file handle need to be invalidated and re-created
@@ -87,11 +127,7 @@
 	
 	[connection waitForDataInBackgroundAndNotify];
 }
-- (void)requestStream:(NSString *)file
-{
-	NSMutableData *packet = [NSMutableData data];
-	
-}
+
 - (void)sendHandshake
 {
 	NSMutableData *packet = [NSMutableData data];
@@ -134,12 +170,28 @@
 - (void)sendConnectRequest
 {
 	NSMutableData *packet = [NSMutableData data];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFString:@"connect"]];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFNumber:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT]];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFObject:NULL]];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"TUvé" key:@"app"]];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"LNX 9,0,48,0" key:@"flashVer"]];
-	[data appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"file://iphone.flv" key:@"swfUrl"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFString:@"connect"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFNumber:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFObject:NULL]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"TUvé" key:@"app"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"LNX 9,0,48,0" key:@"flashVer"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"file://iphone.flv" key:@"swfUrl"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:[streamURL absoluteString] key:@"tcUrl"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFBooleanVariable:FALSE key:@"fpad"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFNumberVariable:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT_AUDIOCODECS key:@"audioCodecs"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFNumberVariable:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT_VIDEOCODECS key:@"videoCodecs"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFNumberVariable:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT_VIDEOFUNCTION key:@"videoFunction"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFStringVariable:@"file://iphone.html" key:@"pageUrl"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFNumberVariable:AMF_CALL_NETCONNECTION_CONNECT_OBJECTENCODING key:@"objectEncoding"]];
+	[packet appendData:[self encodeAMFEndObject]];
+	[self sendPacket:packet type:RTMP_CONTENT_TYPE_INVOKE];
+}
+- (void)sendPacket:(NSData *)packet type:(unsigned char)type
+{
+	[connection writeData:[self encodePacket:connection type:type]]; 
+}
+- (NSData *)encodePacket:(NSData *)packet type:(unsigned char)type
+{
 }
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFString:(NSString *)str
 {
@@ -174,6 +226,13 @@
 	[encodedObject pad:[NSData dataWithByte:0x00] count:AMF_DATATYPE_SIZE_OBJECT-1];
 	return encodedObject;
 }
+- (NSData *)encodeAMFEndObject
+{
+	NSMutableData *encodedObject = [NSMutableData data];
+	[encodedObject pad:[NSData dataWithByte:0x00] count:AMF_DATATYPE_SIZE_END_OF_OBJECT - 1];
+	[encodedObject appendByte:AMF_DATATYPE_END_OF_OBJECT];
+	return encodedObject;
+}
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFStringVariable:(NSString *)value key:(NSString *)key
 {
 	NSMutableData *encodedVariable = [NSMutableData data];
@@ -182,12 +241,21 @@
 	[encodedVariable appendData:[self encodeAMFString:value]];
 	return encodedVariable;
 }
+- (NSData *)encodeAMFNumberVariable:(unsigned long long)value key:(NSString *)key
+{
+	NSMutableData *encodedVariable = [NSMutableData data];
+	[encodedVariable appendUShort:[key length] ordered:NSBigEndian];
+	[encodedVariable appendString:key encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	[encodedVariable appendData:[self encodeAMFNumber:value]];
+	return encodedVariable;
+}
 - (NSData *)encodeAMFBooleanVariable:(BOOL)value key:(NSString *)key
 {
 	NSMutableData *encodedVariable = [NSMutableData data];
 	[encodedVariable appendUShort:[key length] ordered:NSBigEndian];
 	[encodedVariable appendString:key encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-	[encodedVariable appendData:[self encodedAMFBoolean:value]];
+	[encodedVariable appendData:[self encodeAMFBoolean:value]];
 	return encodedVariable;
 }
+
 @end