diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
index e1a45278af..249bdf2241 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
@@ -522,15 +522,20 @@ static avcodec::URLProtocol RageProtocol =
 	NULL
 };
 
+void MovieTexture_FFMpeg::RegisterProtocols()
+{
+	static bool Done = false;
+	if( Done )
+		return;
+	Done = true;
+
+	avcodec::av_register_all();
+	avcodec::register_protocol( &RageProtocol );
+}
+
 CString MovieDecoder_FFMpeg::Open( CString sFile )
 {
-	static bool bDone = false;
-	if( !bDone )
-	{
-		avcodec::av_register_all();
-		avcodec::register_protocol( &RageProtocol );
-		bDone = true;
-	}
+	MovieTexture_FFMpeg::RegisterProtocols();
 
 	int ret = avcodec::av_open_input_file( &m_fctx, "rage://" + sFile, NULL, 0, NULL );
 	if( ret < 0 )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
index d868d384e9..79d5f9471f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class MovieTexture_FFMpeg: public MovieTexture_Generic
 public:
 	MovieTexture_FFMpeg( RageTextureID ID );
 
+	static void RegisterProtocols();
 	static RageSurface *AVCodecCreateCompatibleSurface( int iTextureWidth, int iTextureHeight, bool bPreferHighColor, int &iAVTexfmt );
 };
 #define USE_MOVIE_TEXTURE_FFMPEG