diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/app/app.go b/pkg/worker/caged/app/app.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d91fc3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/app/app.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package app
+
+type App interface {
+	AudioSampleRate() int
+	Init() error
+	ViewportSize() (int, int)
+	Start()
+	Close()
+
+	SetAudioCb(func(Audio))
+}
+
+type Audio struct {
+	Data     []byte
+	Duration int64
+}
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/caged.go b/pkg/worker/caged/caged.go
index af4fa5f2c..2328d96f1 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/caged.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/caged.go
@@ -6,19 +6,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro"
 )
 
-type App interface {
-	AudioSampleRate() int
-	Init() error
-	ViewportSize() (int, int)
-	Start()
-	Close()
-}
-
 type Manager struct {
-	list map[ModName]App
+	list map[ModName]app.App
 	log  *logger.Logger
 }
 
@@ -27,18 +20,18 @@ type ModName string
 const Libretro ModName = "libretro"
 
 func NewManager(log *logger.Logger) *Manager {
-	return &Manager{log: log, list: make(map[ModName]App)}
+	return &Manager{log: log, list: make(map[ModName]app.App)}
 }
 
-func (m *Manager) Get(name ModName) App { return m.list[name] }
+func (m *Manager) Get(name ModName) app.App { return m.list[name] }
 
 func (m *Manager) Load(name ModName, conf any) error {
 	if name == Libretro {
-		app, err := m.loadLibretro(conf)
+		caged, err := m.loadLibretro(conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		m.list[name] = app
+		m.list[name] = caged
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -60,9 +53,9 @@ func (m *Manager) loadLibretro(conf any) (*libretro.Caged, error) {
 		Recording: r.Interface().(config.Recording),
 	}
 
-	app := libretro.Cage(c, m.log)
-	if err := app.Init(); err != nil {
+	caged := libretro.Cage(c, m.log)
+	if err := caged.Init(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &app, nil
+	return &caged, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
index be244c5cf..93c2e71c9 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
@@ -8,20 +8,22 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/os"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/image"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch"
 )
 
 type Emulator interface {
-	// SetAudio sets the audio callback
-	SetAudio(func(*GameAudio))
+	// SetAudioCb sets the audio callback
+	SetAudioCb(func(app.Audio))
 	// SetVideo sets the video callback
 	SetVideo(func(*GameFrame))
-	Audio() func(*GameAudio)
+	Audio() func(app.Audio)
 	Video() func(*GameFrame)
 	LoadCore(name string)
 	LoadGame(path string) error
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ type Emulator interface {
 
 type Frontend struct {
 	onVideo func(*GameFrame)
-	onAudio func(*GameAudio)
+	onAudio func(app.Audio)
 
 	input InputState
 
@@ -88,10 +90,6 @@ type (
 		Data     *image.Frame
 		Duration time.Duration
 	}
-	GameAudio struct {
-		Data     *[]int16
-		Duration time.Duration
-	}
 	InputEvent struct {
 		RawState []byte
 	}
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	noAudio   = func(*GameAudio) {}
+	noAudio   = func(app.Audio) {}
 	noVideo   = func(*GameFrame) {}
 	videoPool sync.Pool
 )
@@ -203,13 +201,13 @@ func (f *Frontend) handleAudio(data []int16, samples int) {
 	// 1600 = x / 1000 * 48000 * 2
 	estimate := float64(samples) / float64(sampleRate<<1) * 1000000000
 
-	fr, _ := audioPool.Get().(*GameAudio)
+	fr, _ := audioPool.Get().(*app.Audio)
 	if fr == nil {
-		fr = &GameAudio{}
+		fr = &app.Audio{}
 	}
-	fr.Data = &xx
-	fr.Duration = time.Duration(estimate) // used in recordings
-	f.onAudio(fr)
+	fr.Data = unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(unsafe.SliceData(xx))), samples*2)
+	fr.Duration = int64(time.Duration(estimate)) // used in recordings
+	f.onAudio(*fr)
 	audioPool.Put(fr)
 	audioCopyPool.Put(dst)
 }
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ func (f *Frontend) Shutdown() {
 	f.mu.Lock()
 	f.nano.Shutdown()
 	f.Canvas.Clear()
-	f.SetAudio(noAudio)
+	f.SetAudioCb(noAudio)
 	f.SetVideo(noVideo)
 	f.mu.Unlock()
 	f.log.Debug().Msgf("run loop finished")
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ func (f *Frontend) Start() {
 }
 
 func (f *Frontend) FrameSize() (int, int)         { return f.nano.GeometryBase() }
-func (f *Frontend) Audio() func(*GameAudio)       { return f.onAudio }
+func (f *Frontend) Audio() func(app.Audio)        { return f.onAudio }
 func (f *Frontend) Video() func(*GameFrame)       { return f.onVideo }
 func (f *Frontend) FPS() int                      { return f.nano.VideoFramerate() }
 func (f *Frontend) HashPath() string              { return f.storage.GetSavePath() }
@@ -304,7 +302,7 @@ func (f *Frontend) RestoreGameState() error       { return f.Load() }
 func (f *Frontend) IsPortrait() bool              { return f.nano.IsPortrait() }
 func (f *Frontend) SaveGameState() error          { return f.Save() }
 func (f *Frontend) Scale(factor int)              { w, h := f.ViewportSize(); f.SetViewport(w, h, factor) }
-func (f *Frontend) SetAudio(ff func(*GameAudio))  { f.onAudio = ff }
+func (f *Frontend) SetAudioCb(cb func(app.Audio)) { f.onAudio = cb }
 func (f *Frontend) SetSessionId(name string)      { f.storage.SetMainSaveName(name) }
 func (f *Frontend) SetViewport(width int, height int, scale int) {
 	f.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend_test.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend_test.go
index 1d6ad0755..7cebfa437 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend_test.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch"
 )
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func GetDefaultFrontend(room string, system string, rom string) *EmulatorMock {
 	mock := GetEmulatorMock(room, system)
 	mock.loadRom(rom)
 	mock.SetVideo(func(_ *GameFrame) {})
-	mock.SetAudio(func(_ *GameAudio) {})
+	mock.SetAudioCb(func(app.Audio) {})
 
 	return mock
 }
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ func TestStateConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("It seems that rom video frame was empty, which is strange!")
 			}
 		})
-		mock.SetAudio(func(_ *GameAudio) {})
+		mock.SetAudioCb(func(app.Audio) {})
 
 		t.Logf("Random seed is [%v]\n", test.seed)
 		t.Logf("Save path is [%v]\n", mock.paths.save)
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/recording.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/recording.go
index f0a490be9..6ee75423f 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/recording.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/recording.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package libretro
 
 import (
+	"time"
+	"unsafe"
+
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/recorder"
 )
 
@@ -27,10 +31,14 @@ func WithRecording(fe Emulator, rec bool, user string, game string, conf config.
 	return rr
 }
 
-func (r *RecordingFrontend) SetAudio(fn func(*GameAudio)) {
-	r.Emulator.SetAudio(func(audio *GameAudio) {
+func unwrapAudio(a []byte) []int16 {
+	return unsafe.Slice((*int16)(unsafe.Pointer(&a[0])), len(a)>>2)
+}
+
+func (r *RecordingFrontend) SetAudioCb(fn func(app.Audio)) {
+	r.Emulator.SetAudioCb(func(audio app.Audio) {
 		if r.IsRecording() {
-			r.rec.WriteAudio(recorder.Audio{Samples: audio.Data, Duration: audio.Duration})
+			r.rec.WriteAudio(recorder.Audio{Samples: unwrapAudio(audio.Data), Duration: time.Duration(audio.Duration)})
 		}
 		fn(audio)
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/worker/coordinatorhandlers.go b/pkg/worker/coordinatorhandlers.go
index 40805dd36..3229c2ea3 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/coordinatorhandlers.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/coordinatorhandlers.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package worker
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/com"
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ func emulator(wtf any) *libretro.Caged { return wtf.(*libretro.Caged) }
 func recorder(wtf any) *libretro.RecordingFrontend {
 	return (emulator(wtf).Emulator).(*libretro.RecordingFrontend)
 }
+func unwrapAudio(a []byte) []int16 {
+	return unsafe.Slice((*int16)(unsafe.Pointer(unsafe.SliceData(a))), len(a)/2)
+}
 
 func (c *coordinator) HandleWebrtcInit(rq api.WebrtcInitRequest[com.Uid], w *Worker, connApi *webrtc.ApiFactory) api.Out {
 	peer := webrtc.New(c.log, connApi)
diff --git a/pkg/worker/recorder/recorder.go b/pkg/worker/recorder/recorder.go
index fdcbcea79..24edc4c8d 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/recorder/recorder.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/recorder/recorder.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type videoStream interface {
 
 type (
 	Audio struct {
-		Samples  *[]int16
+		Samples  []int16
 		Duration time.Duration
 	}
 	Video struct {
diff --git a/pkg/worker/recorder/wavstream.go b/pkg/worker/recorder/wavstream.go
index f63ea70e4..7b4e0b097 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/recorder/wavstream.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/recorder/wavstream.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (w *wavStream) Close() (err error) {
 }
 
 func (w *wavStream) Write(data Audio) {
-	pcm := *data.Samples
+	pcm := data.Samples
 	bs := make([]byte, len(pcm)*2)
 	// int & 0xFF + (int >> 8) & 0xFF
 	for i, ln := 0, len(pcm); i < ln; i++ {
diff --git a/pkg/worker/room.go b/pkg/worker/room.go
index 47780f7dc..03e4a1d92 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/room.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/room.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/network/webrtc"
-	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/encoder"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/encoder/h264"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type AppRoom interface {
-	App() caged.App
+	App() app.App
 	Close()
 	Id() string
 	StartApp()
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type AppRoom interface {
 }
 
 type Room struct {
-	app      caged.App
+	app      app.App
 	id       string
 	log      *logger.Logger
 	users    com.NetMap[Session]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type Room struct {
 	HandleClose func(self *Room)
 }
 
-func NewRoom(id string, app caged.App, conf config.WorkerConfig, log *logger.Logger) *Room {
+func NewRoom(id string, app app.App, conf config.WorkerConfig, log *logger.Logger) *Room {
 	room := &Room{id: id, app: app, users: com.NewNetMap[Session](), log: log}
 	w, h := app.ViewportSize()
 	room.initVideo(w, h, conf.Encoder.Video)
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ func NewRoom(id string, app caged.App, conf config.WorkerConfig, log *logger.Log
 	return room
 }
 
-func (r *Room) App() caged.App { return r.app }
-func (r *Room) Id() string     { return r.id }
-func (r *Room) StartApp()      { r.app.Start() }
+func (r *Room) App() app.App { return r.app }
+func (r *Room) Id() string   { return r.id }
+func (r *Room) StartApp()    { r.app.Start() }
 
 func (r *Room) OnUserConnect(user Session) bool {
 	r.log.Debug().Str("user", user.Id().String()).Msg("User has joined the room")
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ func (r *Room) initAudio(srcHz int, conf config.Audio) {
 	}
 	frameDur := time.Duration(conf.Frame) * time.Millisecond
 
-	emulator(r.app).SetAudio(func(raw *libretro.GameAudio) {
-		buf.write(*raw.Data, func(pcm samples) {
+	emulator(r.app).SetAudioCb(func(raw app.Audio) {
+		buf.write(unwrapAudio(raw.Data), func(pcm samples) {
 			data, err := opus_.Encode(pcm)
 			audioPool.Put((*[]int16)(&pcm))
 			if err != nil {