diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d47ee9451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#include "global.h"
+#include "RageSoundReader_FileReader.h"
+#include "RageUtil.h"
+#include "RageLog.h"
+
+#include <set>
+#ifndef NO_WAV_SUPPORT
+#include "RageSoundReader_WAV.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NO_MP3_SUPPORT
+#include "RageSoundReader_MP3.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NO_VORBIS_SUPPORT
+#include "RageSoundReader_Vorbisfile.h"
+#endif
+
+SoundReader_FileReader *SoundReader_FileReader::TryOpenFile( CString filename, CString &error, CString format )
+{
+	SoundReader_FileReader *Sample = NULL;
+
+#ifndef NO_WAV_SUPPORT
+	if( !format.CompareNoCase("wav") )
+		Sample = new RageSoundReader_WAV;
+#endif
+#ifndef NO_MP3_SUPPORT
+	if( !format.CompareNoCase("mp3") )
+		Sample = new RageSoundReader_MP3;
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NO_VORBIS_SUPPORT
+	if( !format.CompareNoCase("ogg") )
+		Sample = new RageSoundReader_Vorbisfile;
+#endif
+
+	if( !Sample )
+		return NULL;
+
+	OpenResult ret = Sample->Open(filename);
+	if( ret == OPEN_OK )
+		return Sample;
+
+	CString err = Sample->GetError();
+	delete Sample;
+
+	LOG->Trace( "Format %s failed: %s", format.c_str(), err.c_str() );
+
+	/* If OPEN_MATCH_BUT_FAIL, the error is important; otherwise it's probably
+		* just a "unknown file"-ish error. */
+	if( ret == OPEN_MATCH_BUT_FAIL )
+	{
+		if( error != "" )
+			error += "; ";
+		error += ssprintf("%s: %s", format.c_str(), err.c_str() );
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+SoundReader *SoundReader_FileReader::OpenFile( CString filename, CString &error )
+{
+	set<CString> FileTypes;
+	FileTypes.insert("ogg");
+	FileTypes.insert("mp3");
+	FileTypes.insert("wav");
+
+	CString format = GetExtension(filename);
+	format.MakeLower();
+
+	error = "";
+
+	/* If the extension matches a format, try that first. */
+	if( FileTypes.find(format) != FileTypes.end() )
+	{
+	    SoundReader_FileReader *NewSample = TryOpenFile( filename, error, format );
+		if( NewSample )
+			return NewSample;
+		FileTypes.erase( format );
+	}
+
+	for( set<CString>::iterator it = FileTypes.begin(); it != FileTypes.end(); ++it )
+	{
+	    SoundReader_FileReader *NewSample = TryOpenFile( filename, error, *it );
+		if( NewSample )
+		{
+			LOG->Warn("File \"%s\" is really %s", filename.c_str(), it->c_str());
+			return NewSample;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.h b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.h
index 1cf47203ef..ec5a3c00f9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_FileReader.h
@@ -6,7 +6,18 @@
 
 class SoundReader_FileReader: public SoundReader {
 public:
-	virtual bool Open(CString filename) = 0;
+	/* Return OPEN_OK if the file is open and ready to go.  Return OPEN_NO_MATCH
+	 * if the file appears to be of a different type.  Return OPEN_MATCH_BUT_FAIL if
+	 * the file appears to be the correct type, but there was an error initializing
+	 * the file.
+	 *
+	 * If the file can not be opened at all, or contains no data, return OPEN_MATCH_BUT_FAIL. */
+	enum OpenResult { OPEN_OK, OPEN_NO_MATCH, OPEN_MATCH_BUT_FAIL };
+	virtual OpenResult Open(CString filename) = 0;
+
+	static SoundReader *OpenFile( CString filename, CString &error );
+private:
+	static SoundReader_FileReader *TryOpenFile( CString filename, CString &error, CString format );
 };
 
 #endif