diff --git a/include/mcc_decode.h b/include/mcc_decode.h
index aa7e3be..f242ecc 100644
--- a/include/mcc_decode.h
+++ b/include/mcc_decode.h
@@ -159,4 +159,6 @@ boolean MccDecodeAddSink( Context*, LinkInfo );
 uint8 MccDecodeProcNextBuffer( void*, Buffer* );
 uint8 MccDecodeShutdown( void* );
 
+Buffer* decodeMccLine( MccDecodeCtx*, Buffer* );
+
 #endif /* mcc_decode_h */
diff --git a/include/mcc_encode.h b/include/mcc_encode.h
index 24f668a..59ad8b5 100644
--- a/include/mcc_encode.h
+++ b/include/mcc_encode.h
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ boolean MccEncodeAddSink( Context*, LinkInfo );
 uint8 MccEncodeProcNextBuffer( void*, Buffer* );
 uint8 MccEncodeShutdown( void* );
 
+/* Exposed for use as a shared library */
+boolean generateMccHeader( Context*, CaptionTime* );
+boolean sendMccText( Context*, char*, CaptionTime* );
+uint16 countChars( uint8*, uint16 );
+void compressData( uint8*, uint16, Buffer* );
+
 #endif /* mcc_encode_h */
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 452ef1f..6ee384f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 DYLIB_NAME = libci.1.0.0.dylib
+SO_NAME = libci.so
 
 UNAME := $(shell uname)
 
@@ -162,10 +163,11 @@ ci_with_gpac: with_gpac
 ${CI_SHARED_LIB}: $(OBJS_WITH_PATH)
 	@echo "\n*** Compiling Caption Inspector Dynamic Library to interface with Python. ***"
 	clang $(SO_FLAGS) -o ${CI_SHARED_LIB} $(OBJS_IN_OBJ_DIR)
+	cd ../lib; ln -s ${CI_SHARED_LIB} libci.so
 
 clean:
 	@echo "*** Cleaning Target Files. ***"
-	rm -f ${CI_EXECUTABLE} ${CI_SHARED_LIB}
+	rm -f ${CI_EXECUTABLE} ${CI_SHARED_LIB} ../lib/libci.so
 	@echo "\n*** Cleaning Object Files. ***"
 	for i in $(OBJS) ; do ( rm -f ../obj/$$i ) ; done
 	rm -f ../obj/main.o
diff --git a/src/xform/mcc_decode.c b/src/xform/mcc_decode.c
index 7e46142..32b3344 100644
--- a/src/xform/mcc_decode.c
+++ b/src/xform/mcc_decode.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static Buffer* expandMccLine( Buffer* );
-static Buffer* decodeMccLine( MccDecodeCtx*, Buffer* );
 static uint8 mccCharCount( char );
 static void addMultipleFaZeroZero( uint8, uint8*, uint16* );
 static void expandMccCode( uint8, uint8*, uint16* );
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ static Buffer* expandMccLine( Buffer* buffPtr ) {
  |                     (Specifically: SMPTE ST 334-2:2015 - Revision of SMPTE 334-2-2007)
  |    CEA-708-D - CEA Standard - Digital Television (DTV) Closed Captioning - August 2008
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static Buffer* decodeMccLine( MccDecodeCtx* ctxPtr, Buffer* buffPtr ) {
+Buffer* decodeMccLine( MccDecodeCtx* ctxPtr, Buffer* buffPtr ) {
     ASSERT(buffPtr);
     ASSERT(buffPtr->dataPtr);
     ASSERT(buffPtr->numElements);
diff --git a/src/xform/mcc_encode.c b/src/xform/mcc_encode.c
index 072beb2..605db3b 100644
--- a/src/xform/mcc_encode.c
+++ b/src/xform/mcc_encode.c
@@ -44,13 +44,9 @@ const char* DayOfWeekStr[7] = { "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday",
 /*--                     Private Member Declarations                        --*/
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static boolean generateMccHeader( Context*, CaptionTime* );
 static void addFillPacket( Context*, CaptionTime* );
 static CaptionTime convertCaptionTime( Context*, CaptionTime* );
-static boolean sendMccText( Context*, char*, CaptionTime* );
 static Buffer* addBoilerplate( MccEncodeCtx*, Buffer* );
-static uint16 countChars( uint8*, uint16 );
-static void compressData( uint8*, uint16, Buffer* );
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /*--                       Public Member Functions                          --*/
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ uint8 MccEncodeShutdown( void* rootCtxPtr ) {
  |    This function will build the standard MCC Header and send it line by line
  |    to the next component in the pipeline.
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static boolean generateMccHeader( Context* ctxPtr, CaptionTime* captionTimePtr ) {
+boolean generateMccHeader( Context* ctxPtr, CaptionTime* captionTimePtr ) {
     uuid_t binuuid;
     char uuidStr[50];
     char dateStr[50];
@@ -463,7 +459,7 @@ static CaptionTime convertCaptionTime( Context* rootCtxPtr, CaptionTime* inCapti
  | DESCRIPTION:
  |    This function sends a line of text to the next component in the pipeline.
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static boolean sendMccText( Context* ctxPtr, char* textStr, CaptionTime* captionTimePtr ) {
+boolean sendMccText( Context* ctxPtr, char* textStr, CaptionTime* captionTimePtr ) {
     Buffer* outputBuffer = NewBuffer(BUFFER_TYPE_BYTES, (strlen(textStr)+1));
     strcpy((char*)outputBuffer->dataPtr, textStr);
 
@@ -553,7 +549,7 @@ static Buffer* addBoilerplate( MccEncodeCtx* ctxPtr, Buffer* inBufferPtr ) {
  |      U  E1h 00h 00h 00h
  |      Z  00h
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static uint16 countChars( uint8* dataPtr, uint16 numElements ) {
+uint16 countChars( uint8* dataPtr, uint16 numElements ) {
     uint16 numChars = 1;
     
     while( numElements > 0 ) {
@@ -663,7 +659,7 @@ static uint16 countChars( uint8* dataPtr, uint16 numElements ) {
  |      U  E1h 00h 00h 00h
  |      Z  00h
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static void compressData( uint8* dataPtr, uint16 numElements, Buffer* outBufPtr ) {
+void compressData( uint8* dataPtr, uint16 numElements, Buffer* outBufPtr ) {
     uint8* outDataPtr = &outBufPtr->dataPtr[12];
     
     while( numElements > 0 ) {