diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
index fdd1981b5e..9e7612f86d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ void RageTexture::GetFrameDimensionsFromFileName( CString sPath, int* piFramesWi
 
 }
 
+int RageTexture::GetFrameCountFromFileName( CString sPath )
+{
+	int wide, high;
+	GetFrameDimensionsFromFileName(sPath, &wide, &high );
+	return wide*high;
+}
+
 const RectF *RageTexture::GetTextureCoordRect( int frameNo ) const
 {
 	return &m_TextureCoordRects[frameNo];
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
index 481fccb17a..2a76797bbe 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public:
 	const RageTextureID &GetActualID() const { return m_ActualID; }
 
 	static void GetFrameDimensionsFromFileName( CString sPath, int* puFramesWide, int* puFramesHigh );
+	static int GetFrameCountFromFileName( CString sPath );
 
 private:
 	/* The file we were asked to load.  (This is never changed.) */