diff --git a/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.cpp b/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.cpp
index 3bab5ad8..d0014bf4 100644
--- a/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.cpp
+++ b/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ void PostProcessingStage::Teardown()
 std::vector<uint8_t> PostProcessingStage::Yuv420ToRgb(const uint8_t *src, StreamInfo &src_info, StreamInfo &dst_info)
 {
 	std::vector<uint8_t> output(dst_info.height * dst_info.stride);
+	Yuv420ToRgb(output.data(), src, src_info, dst_info);
+	return output;
+}
 
+void PostProcessingStage::Yuv420ToRgb(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src, StreamInfo &src_info, StreamInfo &dst_info)
+{
 	assert(src_info.width >= dst_info.width && src_info.height >= dst_info.height);
 	int off_x = ((src_info.width - dst_info.width) / 2) & ~1, off_y = ((src_info.height - dst_info.height) / 2) & ~1;
 	int src_Y_size = src_info.height * src_info.stride, src_U_size = (src_info.height / 2) * (src_info.stride / 2);
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> PostProcessingStage::Yuv420ToRgb(const uint8_t *src, Stream
 		const uint8_t *src_U = src + src_Y_size + ((y + off_y) / 2) * (src_info.stride / 2) + off_x / 2;
 		const uint8_t *src_V = src_U + src_U_size;
 		const uint8_t *src_Y1 = src_Y0 + src_info.stride;
-		uint8_t *dst0 = &output[y * dst_info.stride];
+		uint8_t *dst0 = &dst[y * dst_info.stride];
 		uint8_t *dst1 = dst0 + dst_info.stride;
 
 		unsigned int x = 0;
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> PostProcessingStage::Yuv420ToRgb(const uint8_t *src, Stream
 		const uint8_t *src_Y0 = src + (y + off_y) * src_info.stride + off_x;
 		const uint8_t *src_U = src + src_Y_size + ((y + off_y) / 2) * (src_info.stride / 2) + off_x / 2;
 		const uint8_t *src_V = src_U + src_U_size;
-		uint8_t *dst0 = &output[y * dst_info.stride];
+		uint8_t *dst0 = &dst[y * dst_info.stride];
 
 		unsigned int x = 0;
 		for (; x < dst_info.width; x++)
@@ -240,8 +245,6 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> PostProcessingStage::Yuv420ToRgb(const uint8_t *src, Stream
 			*(dst0++) = B0;
 		}
 	}
-
-	return output;
 }
 
 static std::map<std::string, StageCreateFunc> &stages()
diff --git a/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.hpp b/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.hpp
index 687afbec..81071f3d 100644
--- a/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.hpp
+++ b/post_processing_stages/post_processing_stage.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class PostProcessingStage
 	// Convert YUV420 image to RGB. We crop from the centre of the image if the src
 	// image is larger than the destination.
 	static std::vector<uint8_t> Yuv420ToRgb(const uint8_t *src, StreamInfo &src_info, StreamInfo &dst_info);
+	static void Yuv420ToRgb(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src, StreamInfo &src_info, StreamInfo &dst_info)
 
 protected:
 	// Helper to calculate the execution time of any callable object and return it in as a std::chrono::duration.