diff --git a/src/Format/DefaultAudio.php b/src/Format/DefaultAudio.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cddae51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Format/DefaultAudio.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Danjones\FFMpeg\Format;
+
+use FFMpeg\Format\Audio\DefaultAudio as BaseAudio;
+
+class DefaultAudio extends BaseAudio
+{
+    public function __construct($codec)
+    {
+        $this->setAudioCodec($codec);
+        $this->audioKiloBitrate = null;
+        $this->audioChannels = null;
+    }
+
+    public function setAudioCodec($audioCodec)
+    {
+        $this->audioCodec = $audioCodec;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getAvailableAudioCodecs()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Format/DefaultSubtitle.php b/src/Format/DefaultSubtitle.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b4b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Format/DefaultSubtitle.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Danjones\FFMpeg\Format;
+
+class DefaultSubtitle implements SubtitleInterface
+{
+    public function __construct($codec)
+    {
+        $this->setSubtitleCodec($codec);
+    }
+
+    public function setSubtitleCodec($subtitleCodec)
+    {
+        $this->subtitleCodec = $subtitleCodec;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getSubtitleCodec()
+    {
+        return $this->subtitleCodec;
+    }
+
+    public function getPasses()
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    public function getExtraParams()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Format/DefaultVideo.php b/src/Format/DefaultVideo.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9db5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Format/DefaultVideo.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Danjones\FFMpeg\Format;
+
+use FFMpeg\Format\Video\DefaultVideo as BaseVideo;
+
+class DefaultVideo extends BaseVideo
+{
+    protected bool $supportsBFrames = false;
+
+    public function __construct($codec)
+    {
+        $this->setVideoCodec($codec);
+        $this->kiloBitrate = 0;
+        $this->modulus = 0;
+    }
+
+    public function setVideoCodec($videoCodec)
+    {
+        $this->videoCodec = $videoCodec;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getAvailableVideoCodecs()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    public function getAvailableAudioCodecs()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    public function supportBFrames()
+    {
+        return $this->supportsBFrames;
+    }
+
+    public function setSupportBFrames(bool $supports = true): static
+    {
+        $this->supportsBFrames = $supports;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Stream.php b/src/Stream.php
index c3cb734..b686014 100644
--- a/src/Stream.php
+++ b/src/Stream.php
@@ -43,7 +43,45 @@ class Stream
         return $this;
     }
 
-    // @todo add hlper methods for setting codec
+    public function video(string $codec, callable $callback = null): static
+    {
+        $this->setCodec(new Format\DefaultVideo($codec));
+
+        if ($callback) {
+            return $this->editCodec($callback);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function audio(string $codec, callable $callback = null): static
+    {
+        $this->setCodec(new Format\DefaultAudio($codec));
+
+        if ($callback) {
+            return $this->editCodec($callback);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+
+    public function subtitle(string $codec, callable $callback = null): static
+    {
+        $this->setCodec(new Format\DefaultSubtitle($codec));
+
+        if ($callback) {
+            return $this->editCodec($callback);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+
+    public function copy(): static
+    {
+        return $this->setCodec(new Format\Copy());
+    }
 
     public function getCodec(): FormatInterface
     {
@@ -61,21 +99,15 @@ class Stream
     {
         if ($this->codec instanceof VideoInterface) {
             $this->parseVideo();
-        }
-
-        if ($this->codec instanceof AudioInterface) {
+        } elseif ($this->codec instanceof AudioInterface) {
             $this->parseAudio();
-        }
-
-        if ($this->codec instanceof Format\SubtitleInterface) {
+        } elseif ($this->codec instanceof Format\SubtitleInterface) {
             $this->parseSubtitle();
-        }
-
-        if ($this->codec instanceof Format\Copy) {
+        } elseif ($this->codec instanceof Format\Copy) {
             $this->addFlag('c', 'copy');
         }
 
-        $this->parseExtras($this->codec->getExtraParameters());
+        $this->parseExtras($this->codec->getExtraParams());
 
         return $this;
     }