diff --git a/automation/v4-docs/get-frame.txt b/automation/v4-docs/get-frame.txt
index 5d75e5055..ad60b70d0 100644
--- a/automation/v4-docs/get-frame.txt
+++ b/automation/v4-docs/get-frame.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Returns: number
 
 Get RGB pixel value at a certain position of frame object.
 
-function frame:frame:getPixel(x, y)
+function frame:getPixel(x, y)
 
 @x (number)
   Pixel to retrieve on the x-axis
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ function frame:frame:getPixel(x, y)
 @y (number)
   Pixel to retrieve on the y-axis
 
-Returns: number
-  Integer value representing the RGB pixel value.
+Returns: 3 values, all numbers
+  1. R value of the pixel
+  2. G value of the pixel
+  3. B value of the pixel
 
 ---
 
@@ -67,3 +69,25 @@ Returns: string
   String in ASS format representing the pixel value. e.g. "&H0073FF&"
 
 ---
+
+Get raw BGRA (alpha being irrelevant) data of frame object, whose pixel values
+can then be accessed via LuaJIT's FFI.
+
+The frame data is valid until the frame object is garbage-collected.
+
+Example usage (which does not account for flipped frames for simplicity)
+
+data, pitch = frame:data()
+buf = require("ffi").cast("unsigned char *", data)
+-- Get the R value of the pixel at coordinates (42, 34)
+pix_val = buf[34 * pitch + 4 * 42 + 2]
+
+function frame:data()
+
+Returns: 3 values - a lightuserdata, a number, and a boolean
+  1. Lightuserdata object which can be cast to "unsigned char *" via ffi.cast, a pointer
+     to the raw frame data.
+  2. The pitch of the frame data.
+  3. Whether the frame is flipped upside-down.
+
+---
diff --git a/src/auto4_lua.cpp b/src/auto4_lua.cpp
index 8bfe8bf37..1691f552a 100644
--- a/src/auto4_lua.cpp
+++ b/src/auto4_lua.cpp
@@ -198,25 +198,25 @@ namespace {
 		}
 	}
 
-	std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> check_VideoFrame(lua_State *L) {
+	std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> *check_VideoFrame(lua_State *L) {
 		auto framePtr = static_cast<std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame>*>(luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "VideoFrame"));
-		return *framePtr;
+		return framePtr;
 	}
 
 	int FrameWidth(lua_State *L) {
-		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = *check_VideoFrame(L);
 		push_value(L, frame->width);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	int FrameHeight(lua_State *L) {
-		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = *check_VideoFrame(L);
 		push_value(L, frame->height);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	int FramePixel(lua_State *L) {
-		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = *check_VideoFrame(L);
 		size_t x = lua_tointeger(L, -2);
 		size_t y = lua_tointeger(L, -1);
 		lua_pop(L, 2);
@@ -227,16 +227,17 @@ namespace {
 
 			size_t pos = y * frame->pitch + x * 4;
 			// VideoFrame is stored as BGRA, but we want to return RGB
-			int pixelValue = frame->data[pos+2] * 65536 + frame->data[pos+1] * 256 + frame->data[pos];
-			push_value(L, pixelValue);
+			push_value(L, frame->data[pos+2]);
+			push_value(L, frame->data[pos+1]);
+			push_value(L, frame->data[pos]);
 		} else {
 			lua_pushnil(L);
 		}
-		return 1;
+		return 3;
 	}
 
 	int FramePixelFormatted(lua_State *L) {
-		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = *check_VideoFrame(L);
 		size_t x = lua_tointeger(L, -2);
 		size_t y = lua_tointeger(L, -1);
 		lua_pop(L, 2);
@@ -255,9 +256,19 @@ namespace {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	int FrameDestory(lua_State *L) {
-		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
-		frame.~shared_ptr<VideoFrame>();
+	int FrameData(lua_State *L) {
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> frame = *check_VideoFrame(L);
+
+		push_value(L, frame->data.data());
+		push_value(L, frame->pitch);
+		push_value(L, frame->flipped);
+
+		return 3;
+	}
+
+	int FrameDestroy(lua_State *L) {
+		std::shared_ptr<VideoFrame> *frame = check_VideoFrame(L);
+		frame->~shared_ptr<VideoFrame>();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -279,7 +290,8 @@ namespace {
 			{"height", FrameHeight},
 			{"getPixel", FramePixel},
 			{"getPixelFormatted", FramePixelFormatted},
-			{"__gc", FrameDestory},
+			{"data", FrameData},
+			{"__gc", FrameDestroy},
 			{NULL, NULL}
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/grid_column.cpp b/src/grid_column.cpp
index 6519066a0..43234f49d 100644
--- a/src/grid_column.cpp
+++ b/src/grid_column.cpp
@@ -205,9 +205,14 @@ struct GridColumnStartTime final : GridColumnTime {
 
 	int Width(const agi::Context *c, WidthHelper &helper) const override {
 		agi::Time max_time = max_value(&AssDialogue::Start, c->ass->Events);
-		if (!by_frame)
-			return helper(max_time.GetAssFormatted());
-		return helper(std::to_wstring(c->videoController->FrameAtTime(max_time, agi::vfr::START)));
+		std::string value = by_frame ? std::to_string(c->videoController->FrameAtTime(max_time, agi::vfr::START)) : max_time.GetAssFormatted();
+
+		for (char &c : value) {
+			if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+				c = '0';
+		}
+
+		return helper(value);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -223,9 +228,14 @@ struct GridColumnEndTime final : GridColumnTime {
 
 	int Width(const agi::Context *c, WidthHelper &helper) const override {
 		agi::Time max_time = max_value(&AssDialogue::End, c->ass->Events);
-		if (!by_frame)
-			return helper(max_time.GetAssFormatted());
-		return helper(std::to_wstring(c->videoController->FrameAtTime(max_time, agi::vfr::END)));
+		std::string value = by_frame ? std::to_string(c->videoController->FrameAtTime(max_time, agi::vfr::END)) : max_time.GetAssFormatted();
+
+		for (char &c : value) {
+			if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+				c = '0';
+		}
+
+		return helper(value);
 	}
 };