diff --git a/api/src/config.js b/api/src/config.js
index 1fd35427..9792729e 100644
--- a/api/src/config.js
+++ b/api/src/config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const supportedAudio = ["mp3", "ogg", "wav", "opus"];
 const ffmpegArgs = {
     webm: ["-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "copy"],
     mp4: ["-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "copy", "-movflags", "faststart+frag_keyframe+empty_moov"],
-    copy: ["-c:a", "copy"],
     audio: ["-ar", "48000", "-ac", "2", "-b:a", "320k"],
     m4a: ["-movflags", "frag_keyframe+empty_moov"],
     gif: ["-vf", "scale=-1:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse", "-loop", "0"]
diff --git a/api/src/processing/match-action.js b/api/src/processing/match-action.js
index 4620d232..f14d57dc 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/match-action.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/match-action.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { supportedAudio } from "../config.js";
-import { audioIgnore, services } from "./service-config.js";
-
-import { createResponse } from "./request.js";
 import createFilename from "./create-filename.js";
+
+import { supportedAudio } from "../config.js";
+import { createResponse } from "./request.js";
 import { createStream } from "../stream/manage.js";
+import { audioIgnore, services } from "./service-config.js";
 
 export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disableMetadata, filenameStyle, twitterGif, requestIP }) {
     let action,
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
 
     if (action === "picker" || action === "audio") {
         if (!r.filenameAttributes) defaultParams.filename = r.audioFilename;
-        defaultParams.isAudioOnly = true;
         defaultParams.audioFormat = audioFormat;
     }
+
     if (isAudioMuted && !r.filenameAttributes) {
         defaultParams.filename = r.filename.replace('.', '_mute.')
     }
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
             break;
 
         case "gif":
-            params = { type: "gif" }
+            params = { type: "gif" };
             break;
 
         case "m3u8":
             params = {
-                type: Array.isArray(r.urls) ? "render" : "remux"
+                type: Array.isArray(r.urls) ? "merge" : "remux"
             }
             break;
 
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
             }
             params = {
                 type: muteType,
-                u: Array.isArray(r.urls) ? r.urls[0] : r.urls,
-                mute: true
+                u: Array.isArray(r.urls) ? r.urls[0] : r.urls
             }
             if (host === "reddit" && r.typeId === "redirect")
                 responseType = "redirect";
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
                     params = { picker: r.picker };
                     break;
                 case "tiktok":
-                    let audioStreamType = "render";
+                    let audioStreamType = "audio";
                     if (r.bestAudio === "mp3" && (audioFormat === "mp3" || audioFormat === "best")) {
                         audioFormat = "mp3";
                         audioStreamType = "proxy"
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
                             filename: r.audioFilename,
                             isAudioOnly: true,
                             audioFormat,
-                        }),
-                        copy: audioFormat === "best"
+                        })
                     }
             }
             break;
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
         case "video":
             switch (host) {
                 case "bilibili":
-                    params = { type: "render" };
+                    params = { type: "merge" };
                     break;
                 case "youtube":
                     params = { type: r.type };
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
                     break;
                 case "vimeo":
                     if (Array.isArray(r.urls)) {
-                        params = { type: "render" }
+                        params = { type: "merge" }
                     } else {
                         responseType = "redirect";
                     }
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
                 })
             }
 
-            let processType = "render",
+            let processType = "audio",
                 copy = false;
 
             if (!supportedAudio.includes(audioFormat)) {
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
                 audioFormat = serviceBestAudio;
                 processType = "proxy";
                 if (isSoundCloud || (isTiktok && audioFormat === "m4a")) {
-                    processType = "render"
+                    processType = "audio"
                     copy = true
                 }
             } else if (isBestAudio && !isSoundCloud) {
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ export default function({ r, host, audioFormat, isAudioOnly, isAudioMuted, disab
 
             if (r.isM3U8 || host === "vimeo") {
                 copy = false;
-                processType = "render"
+                processType = "audio"
             }
 
             params = {
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js b/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
index 9a43a0d9..66c1ad23 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export default function(obj) {
                         ** set to `same-origin`, so we need to proxy them */
                         thumb: createStream({
                             service: "instagram",
-                            type: "default",
+                            type: "proxy",
                             u: e.node?.display_url,
                             filename: "image.jpg"
                         })
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export default function(obj) {
                         ** set to `same-origin`, so we need to proxy them */
                         thumb: createStream({
                             service: "instagram",
-                            type: "default",
+                            type: "proxy",
                             u: imageUrl,
                             filename: "image.jpg"
                         })
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js b/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
index cd712aa6..607a78b6 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export default async function(obj) {
 
     return {
         typeId: "stream",
-        type: "render",
+        type: "merge",
         urls: [video, audioFileLink],
         audioFilename: `reddit_${id}_audio`,
         filename: `reddit_${id}.mp4`
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js b/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
index 974db53c..51e9fa5d 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ export default async function({ id, index, toGif, dispatcher }) {
         case 1:
             if (media[0].type === "photo") {
                 return {
-                    type: "normal",
+                    type: "proxy",
                     isPhoto: true,
                     urls: `${media[0].media_url_https}?name=4096x4096`
                 }
             }
 
             return {
-                type: needsFixing(media[0]) ? "remux" : "normal",
+                type: needsFixing(media[0]) ? "remux" : "proxy",
                 urls: bestQuality(media[0].video_info.variants),
                 filename: `twitter_${id}.mp4`,
                 audioFilename: `twitter_${id}_audio`,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default async function({ id, index, toGif, dispatcher }) {
             const proxyThumb = (url) =>
                 createStream({
                     service: "twitter",
-                    type: "default",
+                    type: "proxy",
                     u: url,
                     filename: `image.${new URL(url).pathname.split(".", 2)[1]}`
                 })
@@ -199,15 +199,15 @@ export default async function({ id, index, toGif, dispatcher }) {
                 }
 
                 let url = bestQuality(content.video_info.variants);
-                const shouldRenderGif = content.type === 'animated_gif' && toGif;
+                const shouldRenderGif = content.type === "animated_gif" && toGif;
 
                 let type = "video";
                 if (shouldRenderGif) type = "gif";
 
                 if (needsFixing(content) || shouldRenderGif) {
                     url = createStream({
-                        service: 'twitter',
-                        type: shouldRenderGif ? 'gif' : 'remux',
+                        service: "twitter",
+                        type: shouldRenderGif ? "gif" : "remux",
                         u: url,
                         filename: `twitter_${id}_${i + 1}.mp4`
                     })
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/youtube.js b/api/src/processing/services/youtube.js
index 59d409e2..c7d31555 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/youtube.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/youtube.js
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export default async function(o) {
     }
 
     if (audio && o.isAudioOnly) return {
-        type: "render",
+        type: "audio",
         isAudioOnly: true,
         urls: audio.decipher(yt.session.player),
         filenameAttributes: filenameAttributes,
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export default async function(o) {
 
     if (!match && video && audio) {
         match = video;
-        type = "render";
+        type = "merge";
         urls = [
             video.decipher(yt.session.player),
             audio.decipher(yt.session.player)
diff --git a/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js b/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
index 3ed7e17b..07fcebde 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { createInternalStream } from './manage.js';
-import HLS from 'hls-parser';
+import HLS from "hls-parser";
+import { createInternalStream } from "./manage.js";
 
 function getURL(url) {
     try {
diff --git a/api/src/stream/internal.js b/api/src/stream/internal.js
index 253f98bb..51552d4c 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/internal.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/internal.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { request } from 'undici';
-import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
-import { closeRequest, getHeaders, pipe } from './shared.js';
-import { handleHlsPlaylist, isHlsRequest } from './internal-hls.js';
+import { request } from "undici";
+import { Readable } from "node:stream";
+import { closeRequest, getHeaders, pipe } from "./shared.js";
+import { handleHlsPlaylist, isHlsRequest } from "./internal-hls.js";
 
 const CHUNK_SIZE = BigInt(8e6); // 8 MB
 const min = (a, b) => a < b ? a : b;
diff --git a/api/src/stream/manage.js b/api/src/stream/manage.js
index 07ee7f07..90a341bb 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/manage.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/manage.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import NodeCache from "node-cache";
-import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
+
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
+import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
+import { strict as assert } from "assert";
 import { setMaxListeners } from "node:events";
 
-import { decryptStream, encryptStream, generateHmac } from "../misc/crypto.js";
 import { env } from "../config.js";
-import { strict as assert } from "assert";
 import { closeRequest } from "./shared.js";
+import { decryptStream, encryptStream, generateHmac } from "../misc/crypto.js";
 
 // optional dependency
 const freebind = env.freebindCIDR && await import('freebind').catch(() => {});
@@ -37,10 +38,8 @@ export function createStream(obj) {
             service: obj.service,
             filename: obj.filename,
             audioFormat: obj.audioFormat,
-            isAudioOnly: !!obj.isAudioOnly,
             headers: obj.headers,
             copy: !!obj.copy,
-            mute: !!obj.mute,
             metadata: obj.fileMetadata || false,
             requestIP: obj.requestIP
         };
diff --git a/api/src/stream/stream.js b/api/src/stream/stream.js
index 51cb4376..a6d41200 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/stream.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/stream.js
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
-import { streamAudioOnly, streamDefault, streamLiveRender, streamVideoOnly, convertToGif } from "./types.js";
-import { internalStream } from './internal.js';
+import stream from "./types.js";
+
 import { closeResponse } from "./shared.js";
+import { internalStream } from "./internal.js";
 
 export default async function(res, streamInfo) {
     try {
-        if (streamInfo.isAudioOnly && streamInfo.type !== "proxy") {
-            streamAudioOnly(streamInfo, res);
-            return;
-        }
         switch (streamInfo.type) {
+            case "proxy":
+                return await stream.proxy(streamInfo, res);
+
             case "internal":
-                return await internalStream(streamInfo, res);
-            case "render":
-                await streamLiveRender(streamInfo, res);
-                break;
-            case "gif":
-                convertToGif(streamInfo, res);
-                break;
+                return internalStream(streamInfo, res);
+
+            case "merge":
+                return stream.merge(streamInfo, res);
+
             case "remux":
             case "mute":
-                streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res);
-                break;
-            default:
-                await streamDefault(streamInfo, res);
-                break;
+                return stream.remux(streamInfo, res);
+
+            case "audio":
+                return stream.convertAudio(streamInfo, res);
+
+            case "gif":
+                return stream.convertGif(streamInfo, res);
         }
+
+        closeResponse(res);
     } catch {
-        closeResponse(res)
+        closeResponse(res);
     }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/stream/types.js b/api/src/stream/types.js
index 01b79dc1..575e522d 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/types.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/types.js
@@ -9,30 +9,29 @@ import { destroyInternalStream } from "./manage.js";
 import { hlsExceptions } from "../processing/service-config.js";
 import { getHeaders, closeRequest, closeResponse, pipe } from "./shared.js";
 
-function toRawHeaders(headers) {
+const toRawHeaders = (headers) => {
     return Object.entries(headers)
                  .map(([key, value]) => `${key}: ${value}\r\n`)
                  .join('');
 }
 
-function killProcess(p) {
-    // ask the process to terminate itself gracefully
-    p?.kill('SIGTERM');
+const killProcess = (p) => {
+    p?.kill('SIGTERM'); // ask the process to terminate itself gracefully
+
     setTimeout(() => {
         if (p?.exitCode === null)
-            // brutally murder the process if it didn't quit
-            p?.kill('SIGKILL');
+            p?.kill('SIGKILL'); // brutally murder the process if it didn't quit
     }, 5000);
 }
 
-function getCommand(args) {
+const getCommand = (args) => {
     if (typeof env.processingPriority === 'number' && !isNaN(env.processingPriority)) {
         return ['nice', ['-n', env.processingPriority.toString(), ffmpeg, ...args]]
     }
     return [ffmpeg, args]
 }
 
-export async function streamDefault(streamInfo, res) {
+const proxy = async (streamInfo, res) => {
     const abortController = new AbortController();
     const shutdown = () => (
         closeRequest(abortController),
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ export async function streamDefault(streamInfo, res) {
 
     try {
         let filename = streamInfo.filename;
-        if (streamInfo.isAudioOnly) {
+        if (streamInfo.audioFormat) {
             filename = `${streamInfo.filename}.${streamInfo.audioFormat}`
         }
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ export async function streamDefault(streamInfo, res) {
     }
 }
 
-export function streamLiveRender(streamInfo, res) {
+const merge = (streamInfo, res) => {
     let process;
     const shutdown = () => (
         killProcess(process),
@@ -127,61 +126,7 @@ export function streamLiveRender(streamInfo, res) {
     }
 }
 
-export function streamAudioOnly(streamInfo, res) {
-    let process;
-    const shutdown = () => (
-        killProcess(process),
-        closeResponse(res),
-        destroyInternalStream(streamInfo.urls)
-    );
-
-    try {
-        let args = [
-            '-loglevel', '-8',
-            '-headers', toRawHeaders(getHeaders(streamInfo.service)),
-        ]
-
-        if (streamInfo.service === "twitter") {
-            args.push('-seekable', '0');
-        }
-
-        args.push(
-            '-i', streamInfo.urls,
-            '-vn'
-        )
-
-        if (streamInfo.metadata) {
-            args = args.concat(metadataManager(streamInfo.metadata))
-        }
-
-        args = args.concat(ffmpegArgs[streamInfo.copy ? 'copy' : 'audio']);
-        if (ffmpegArgs[streamInfo.audioFormat]) {
-            args = args.concat(ffmpegArgs[streamInfo.audioFormat])
-        }
-
-        args.push('-f', streamInfo.audioFormat === "m4a" ? "ipod" : streamInfo.audioFormat, 'pipe:3');
-
-        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
-            windowsHide: true,
-            stdio: [
-                'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
-                'pipe'
-            ],
-        });
-
-        const [,,, muxOutput] = process.stdio;
-
-        res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive');
-        res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition(`${streamInfo.filename}.${streamInfo.audioFormat}`));
-
-        pipe(muxOutput, res, shutdown);
-        res.on('finish', shutdown);
-    } catch {
-        shutdown();
-    }
-}
-
-export function streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res) {
+const remux = (streamInfo, res) => {
     let process;
     const shutdown = () => (
         killProcess(process),
@@ -204,7 +149,7 @@ export function streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res) {
             '-c', 'copy'
         )
 
-        if (streamInfo.mute) {
+        if (streamInfo.type === "mute") {
             args.push('-an')
         }
 
@@ -241,7 +186,64 @@ export function streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res) {
     }
 }
 
-export function convertToGif(streamInfo, res) {
+const convertAudio = (streamInfo, res) => {
+    let process;
+    const shutdown = () => (
+        killProcess(process),
+        closeResponse(res),
+        destroyInternalStream(streamInfo.urls)
+    );
+
+    try {
+        let args = [
+            '-loglevel', '-8',
+            '-headers', toRawHeaders(getHeaders(streamInfo.service)),
+        ]
+
+        if (streamInfo.service === "twitter") {
+            args.push('-seekable', '0');
+        }
+
+        args.push(
+            '-i', streamInfo.urls,
+            '-vn'
+        )
+
+        if (streamInfo.metadata) {
+            args = args.concat(metadataManager(streamInfo.metadata))
+        }
+
+        args = args.concat(
+            streamInfo.copy ? ["-c:a", "copy"] : ffmpegArgs.audio
+        );
+
+        if (ffmpegArgs[streamInfo.audioFormat]) {
+            args = args.concat(ffmpegArgs[streamInfo.audioFormat])
+        }
+
+        args.push('-f', streamInfo.audioFormat === "m4a" ? "ipod" : streamInfo.audioFormat, 'pipe:3');
+
+        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
+            windowsHide: true,
+            stdio: [
+                'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
+                'pipe'
+            ],
+        });
+
+        const [,,, muxOutput] = process.stdio;
+
+        res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive');
+        res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition(`${streamInfo.filename}.${streamInfo.audioFormat}`));
+
+        pipe(muxOutput, res, shutdown);
+        res.on('finish', shutdown);
+    } catch {
+        shutdown();
+    }
+}
+
+const convertGif = (streamInfo, res) => {
     let process;
     const shutdown = () => (killProcess(process), closeResponse(res));
 
@@ -279,3 +281,11 @@ export function convertToGif(streamInfo, res) {
         shutdown();
     }
 }
+
+export default {
+    proxy,
+    merge,
+    remux,
+    convertAudio,
+    convertGif,
+}