diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 38b5f60ceb..96f3b5370c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ bool IsHexVal( const RString &s )
 	return true;
 }
 
-RString BinaryToHex( const unsigned char *string, int iNumBytes )
+RString BinaryToHex( const void *pData_, int iNumBytes )
 {
+	const unsigned char *string = (const unsigned char *) pData_;
        RString s;
        for( int i=0; i<iNumBytes; i++ )
        {
@@ -153,6 +154,11 @@ RString BinaryToHex( const unsigned char *string, int iNumBytes )
        return s;
 }
 
+RString BinaryToHex( const RString &sString )
+{
+	return BinaryToHex( sString.data(), sString.size() );
+}
+
 bool HexToBinary( const RString &s, unsigned char *stringOut )
 {
        if( !IsHexVal(s) )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 1c31c811aa..8b5b03cbe5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ float fmodfp( float x, float y );
 int power_of_two( int input );
 bool IsAnInt( const RString &s );
 bool IsHexVal( const RString &s );
-RString BinaryToHex( const unsigned char *string, int iNumBytes );
+RString BinaryToHex( const void *pData_, int iNumBytes );
+RString BinaryToHex( const RString &sString );
 bool HexToBinary( const RString &s, unsigned char *stringOut );
 float HHMMSSToSeconds( const RString &sHMS );
 RString SecondsToHHMMSS( float fSecs );