void decodeVideoToFrames(const char *filePath){
  AVCodec         *codec;
  AVCodecContext  *codecCtx= NULL;
  AVFormatContext *formatCtx = NULL;
  AVFrame         *frame;
  int             videoStreamIdx;
  AVPacket        pkt;
  int             frameFinished;

  avcodec_register_all();
  av_register_all();

  formatCtx = avformat_alloc_context();

  avformat_open_input(&formatCtx, filePath, 0, NULL);

  avformat_find_stream_info(formatCtx, NULL);

  //for debugging, remove later
  //av_dump_format(formatCtx, 0, filePath, 0);

  int i = 0;
  videoStreamIdx = -1;
  //the for loop exit condition is wrong, not sure what the right one is yet.
  for(i = 0; -1 == videoStreamIdx; i++){
    if(AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO == formatCtx->streams[i]->codec->codec_type){
      videoStreamIdx = i;
      break;
    }
  }

  codecCtx = formatCtx->streams[videoStreamIdx]->codec;

  codec = avcodec_find_decoder(codecCtx->codec_id);

  avcodec_open2(codecCtx, codec, NULL);

  frame = av_frame_alloc();

  i = 0;
  while(av_read_frame(formatCtx, &pkt) >= 0){
    if(pkt.stream_index == videoStreamIdx){
      i++;
      avcodec_decode_video2(codecCtx, frame, &frameFinished, &pkt);
      if(frameFinished){

        struct SwsContext* convertCtx;
        //This can be improved significantly
        convertCtx = sws_getContext(codecCtx->width, codecCtx->height, codecCtx->pix_fmt,
                                32,  18,  AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24, 0, 0, 0, 0);

        size_t allocSize = av_image_get_buffer_size(codecCtx->pix_fmt, codecCtx->width, codecCtx->height, 3);
        uint8_t *outData = (uint8_t*) malloc(allocSize);
        memset(outData, 0, allocSize);

        int outLinesize = 18;

        sws_scale(convertCtx, frame->data, frame->linesize, 0, 144, &outData, &outLinesize);

        sws_freeContext(convertCtx);

        FramesIn.push(outData);
      }
    }

    av_packet_unref(&pkt);
  }

  av_free(frame);

  avcodec_close(codecCtx);
  avformat_close_input(&formatCtx);

}