diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 75e0c42..fac0117 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,25 +9,56 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-const fname = "/home/rob/home-office/example.mp3"
+const fname = "/home/rob/share/home-office/example.mp3"
 
-const (
-	maskSync        = 0b11111111111000000000000000000000
-	maskVersion     = 0b00000000000110000000000000000000
-	maskLayer       = 0b00000000000001100000000000000000
-	maskProtection  = 0b00000000000000010000000000000000
-	maskBitrate     = 0b00000000000000001111000000000000
-	maskSamplerate  = 0b00000000000000000000110000000000
-	maskPadding     = 0b00000000000000000000001000000000
-	maskPrivate     = 0b00000000000000000000000100000000
-	maskChannelMode = 0b00000000000000000000000011000000
-	maskExtension   = 0b00000000000000000000000000110000
-	maskCopyright   = 0b00000000000000000000000000001000
-	maskOriginal    = 0b00000000000000000000000000000100
-	maskEmphasis    = 0b00000000000000000000000000000011
+type (
+	AudioVersionId int
+	LayerIndex     int
+
+	header uint32
 )
 
-type header uint32
+const (
+	AudioVersionMPEG25 AudioVersionId = iota
+	AudioVersionReserved
+	AudioVersionMPEG2
+	AudioVersionMPEG1
+)
+
+const (
+	LayerIndexReserved LayerIndex = iota
+	LayerIndexIII
+	LayerIndexII
+	LayerIndexI
+)
+
+func (h header) AudioVersionId() AudioVersionId {
+	b := h >> 8
+	if b&0x18 == 0x18 {
+		return AudioVersionMPEG1
+	}
+	if b&0x10 == 0x10 {
+		return AudioVersionMPEG2
+	}
+	if b&0x8 == 0x8 {
+		return AudioVersionReserved
+	}
+	return AudioVersionMPEG25
+}
+
+func (h header) LayerIndex() LayerIndex {
+	b := h >> 8
+	if b&0x6 == 0x6 {
+		return LayerIndexI
+	}
+	if b&0x4 == 0x4 {
+		return LayerIndexII
+	}
+	if b&0x2 == 0x2 {
+		return LayerIndexIII
+	}
+	return LayerIndexReserved
+}
 
 func main() {
 	f, err := os.Open(fname)
@@ -36,8 +67,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	bufreader := bufio.NewReader(f)
-
 	buf := make([]byte, 4)
+
 	var i int
 	for {
 		_, err := io.ReadFull(bufreader, buf)
@@ -48,10 +79,10 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		header, err := newHeader(buf)
+		header, err := newHeaderFromBytes(buf)
 
 		if err == nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Got header: %08X\n", header)
+			fmt.Printf("Got header: %08X, audio version: %d\n", header, header.AudioVersionId())
 		}
 		i++
 
@@ -59,8 +90,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-// TODO use unsafe here? https://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/60161
-func newHeader(buf []byte) (header, error) {
+func newHeaderFromBytes(buf []byte) (header, error) {
 	if len(buf) < 4 {
 		return 0, errors.New("insufficient bytes")
 	}
@@ -70,6 +100,10 @@ func newHeader(buf []byte) (header, error) {
 
 	// always little-endian for now
 	n := uint32(buf[0]) | uint32(buf[1])<<8 | uint32(buf[2])<<16 | uint32(buf[3])<<24
+	return newHeader(n)
+}
 
+// TODO use unsafe here? https://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/60161
+func newHeader(n uint32) (header, error) {
 	return header(n), nil
 }
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 11f2218..e2dc941 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -1,35 +1,48 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestMain(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		input         []byte
-		expectedError string
-	}{
-		{
-			input:         []byte{0, 0, 0, 0},
-			expectedError: "no header",
-		},
-		{
-			input:         []byte{0, 0, 0, 1},
-			expectedError: "no header",
-		},
-		{
-			input:         []byte{0xff, 0xfe, 0, 0}, // wrong
-			expectedError: "",
-		},
-	}
+func TestAudioVersionId(t *testing.T) {
+	bytes := []byte{0xff, 0xe8, 0, 0}
+	h, err := newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, AudioVersionReserved, h.AudioVersionId())
 
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("Header %08b", tc.input), func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := newHeader(tc.input)
-			assert.EqualError(t, err, tc.expectedError)
-		})
-	}
+	bytes = []byte{0xff, 0xf0, 0, 0}
+	h, err = newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, AudioVersionMPEG2, h.AudioVersionId())
+
+	bytes = []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0, 0}
+	h, err = newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, AudioVersionMPEG1, h.AudioVersionId())
+
+	bytes = []byte{0xff, 0xe0, 0, 0}
+	h, err = newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, AudioVersionMPEG25, h.AudioVersionId())
+}
+
+func TestLayerIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	bytes := []byte{0xff, 0xe2, 0, 0}
+	h, err := newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, LayerIndexIII, h.LayerIndex())
+
+	bytes = []byte{0xff, 0xe4, 0, 0}
+	h, err = newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, LayerIndexII, h.LayerIndex())
+
+	bytes = []byte{0xff, 0xe6, 0, 0}
+	h, err = newHeader(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(bytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, LayerIndexI, h.LayerIndex())
 }