diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 90cb2f975..e6861c9bf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ rearrangements of Notcurses.
   * Added `NCOPTION_CLI_MODE`, an alias for the bitwise OR of
     `NCOPTION_SCROLLING`, `NCOPTION_NO_CLEAR_BITMAPS`,
     `NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN`, and `NCOPTION_PRESERVE_CURSOR`.
-  * Added `ncsixel_as_rgba()`.
+  * Added `ncvisual_from_sixel()`.
 
 * 3.0.1 (2021-12-14)
   * Added the `NCPLANE_OPTION_VSCROLL` flag. Creating an `ncplane` with this
diff --git a/src/lib/sixel.h b/src/lib/sixel.h
index 9c507cc69..a7fba923f 100644
--- a/src/lib/sixel.h
+++ b/src/lib/sixel.h
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ extern "C" {
 uint32_t* ncsixel_as_rgba(const char *sx, unsigned leny, unsigned lenx){
 #define MAXCOLORS 65535
   // cast is necessary for c++ callers
-  uint32_t* rgba = (typeof rgba)malloc(sizeof(*rgba) * leny * lenx);
+  uint32_t* rgba = (uint32_t*)malloc(sizeof(*rgba) * leny * lenx);
   if(rgba == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
   // cast is necessary for c++ callers
-  uint32_t* colors = (typeof colors)malloc(sizeof(*colors) * MAXCOLORS);
+  uint32_t* colors = (uint32_t*)malloc(sizeof(*colors) * MAXCOLORS);
   if(colors == NULL){
     free(rgba);
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/lib/visual.c b/src/lib/visual.c
index 23a6d89aa..87858e4e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/visual.c
+++ b/src/lib/visual.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "builddef.h"
 #include "visual-details.h"
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "sixel.h"
 
 // ncvisual core code has a basic implementation in libnotcurses-core, and can
 // be augmented with a "multimedia engine" -- currently FFmpeg or OpenImageIO,
@@ -796,6 +797,17 @@ ncvisual* ncvisual_from_rgba(const void* rgba, int rows, int rowstride, int cols
   return ncv;
 }
 
+ncvisual* ncvisual_from_sixel(const char* s, unsigned leny, unsigned lenx){
+  uint32_t* rgba = ncsixel_as_rgba(s, leny, lenx);
+  if(rgba == NULL){
+    logerror("failed converting sixel to rgba");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  ncvisual* ncv = ncvisual_from_rgba(rgba, leny, lenx * sizeof(*rgba), lenx);
+  free(rgba);
+  return ncv;
+}
+
 ncvisual* ncvisual_from_rgb_packed(const void* rgba, int rows, int rowstride,
                                    int cols, int alpha){
   ncvisual* ncv = ncvisual_create();
diff --git a/src/media/oiio.cpp b/src/media/oiio.cpp
index 80879def2..e2a68b881 100644
--- a/src/media/oiio.cpp
+++ b/src/media/oiio.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int oiio_resize(ncvisual* nc, unsigned rows, unsigned cols) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-int oiio_blit(struct ncvisual* ncv, unsigned rows, unsigned cols,
+int oiio_blit(const ncvisual* ncv, unsigned rows, unsigned cols,
               ncplane* n, const struct blitset* bset,
               const blitterargs* bargs) {
 //fprintf(stderr, "%d/%d -> %d/%d on the resize\n", ncv->pixy, ncv->pixx, rows, cols);