diff --git a/src/common/log_channels.h b/src/common/log_channels.h
index e5b6b74a2..aaa8b7842 100644
--- a/src/common/log_channels.h
+++ b/src/common/log_channels.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
   X(Timers)                                                                                                            \
   X(TimingEvents)                                                                                                      \
   X(Ungrouped)                                                                                                         \
-  X(WAVWriter)                                                                                                         \
   X(Win32RawInputSource)                                                                                               \
   X(WindowInfo)                                                                                                        \
   X(XInputSource)
diff --git a/src/core/spu.cpp b/src/core/spu.cpp
index b6b147cdd..4800ec264 100644
--- a/src/core/spu.cpp
+++ b/src/core/spu.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/imgui_manager.h"
 #include "util/media_capture.h"
 #include "util/state_wrapper.h"
-#include "util/wav_writer.h"
+#include "util/wav_reader_writer.h"
 
 #include "common/bitfield.h"
 #include "common/bitutils.h"
diff --git a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
index ee8d4c230..ceb5be2a4 100644
--- a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ add_library(util
   sockets.h
   state_wrapper.cpp
   state_wrapper.h
-  wav_writer.cpp
-  wav_writer.h
+  wav_reader_writer.cpp
+  wav_reader_writer.h
   window_info.cpp
   window_info.h
 )
diff --git a/src/util/util.vcxproj b/src/util/util.vcxproj
index 51371b21d..c56d19431 100644
--- a/src/util/util.vcxproj
+++ b/src/util/util.vcxproj
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="vulkan_stream_buffer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="vulkan_swap_chain.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="vulkan_texture.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="wav_writer.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="wav_reader_writer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="win32_raw_input_source.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="window_info.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="xinput_source.h" />
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="vulkan_stream_buffer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="vulkan_swap_chain.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="vulkan_texture.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="wav_writer.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="wav_reader_writer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="win32_raw_input_source.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="window_info.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="xinput_source.cpp" />
diff --git a/src/util/util.vcxproj.filters b/src/util/util.vcxproj.filters
index a93e198ef..83622b0b9 100644
--- a/src/util/util.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/util/util.vcxproj.filters
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="audio_stream.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="iso_reader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="cd_image.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="wav_writer.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="wav_reader_writer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="cd_image_hasher.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="shiftjis.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="page_fault_handler.h" />
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="cd_image_bin.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="iso_reader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cd_image_chd.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="wav_writer.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="wav_reader_writer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cd_image_hasher.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="cd_image_memory.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="shiftjis.cpp" />
diff --git a/src/util/wav_reader_writer.cpp b/src/util/wav_reader_writer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ebb559a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/wav_reader_writer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Connor McLaughlin <stenzek@gmail.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
+
+#include "wav_reader_writer.h"
+
+#include "common/error.h"
+#include "common/file_system.h"
+#include "common/log.h"
+
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace {
+
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+struct WAV_HEADER
+{
+  u32 chunk_id;
+  u32 chunk_size;
+  u32 format;
+};
+
+struct WAV_CHUNK_HEADER
+{
+  u32 chunk_id;
+  u32 chunk_size;
+};
+
+struct WAV_FULL_HEADER
+{
+  u32 chunk_id; // RIFF
+  u32 chunk_size;
+  u32 format; // WAVE
+
+  struct FormatChunk
+  {
+    u32 chunk_id; // "fmt "
+    u32 chunk_size;
+    u16 audio_format; // pcm = 1
+    u16 num_channels;
+    u32 sample_rate;
+    u32 byte_rate;
+    u16 block_align;
+    u16 bits_per_sample;
+  } fmt_chunk;
+
+  struct DataChunkHeader
+  {
+    u32 chunk_id; // "data "
+    u32 chunk_size;
+  } data_chunk_header;
+};
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+static constexpr u32 RIFF_VALUE = 0x46464952; // 0x52494646
+static constexpr u32 FMT_VALUE = 0x20746d66;  // 0x666d7420
+static constexpr u32 DATA_VALUE = 0x61746164; // 0x64617461
+static constexpr u32 WAVE_VALUE = 0x45564157; // 0x57415645
+
+} // namespace
+
+WAVReader::WAVReader() = default;
+
+WAVReader::~WAVReader()
+{
+  if (IsOpen())
+    Close();
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+static bool FindChunk(std::FILE* fp, T* chunk, u32 tag, Error* error, bool skip_extra_bytes)
+{
+  for (;;)
+  {
+    WAV_CHUNK_HEADER header;
+    if (std::fread(&header, sizeof(header), 1, fp) != 1)
+    {
+      Error::SetErrno(error, "fread() failed: ", errno);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (header.chunk_id != tag)
+    {
+      if (!FileSystem::FSeek64(fp, header.chunk_size, SEEK_CUR, error))
+        return false;
+
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (header.chunk_size < (sizeof(T) - sizeof(header)))
+    {
+      Error::SetStringFmt(error, "Chunk is too small (required {} got {})", sizeof(T) - sizeof(header),
+                          header.chunk_size);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::memcpy(chunk, &header, sizeof(header));
+    if constexpr (sizeof(T) > sizeof(header))
+    {
+      if (std::fread(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(chunk) + sizeof(header), sizeof(T) - sizeof(header), 1, fp) != 1)
+      {
+        Error::SetErrno(error, "fread() for data failed: ", errno);
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // skip over additional bytes
+    const u32 extra_bytes = header.chunk_size - (sizeof(T) - sizeof(header));
+    if (skip_extra_bytes && !FileSystem::FSeek64(fp, extra_bytes, SEEK_CUR, error))
+      return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+bool WAVReader::Open(const char* path, Error* error /*= nullptr*/)
+{
+  auto fp = FileSystem::OpenManagedCFile(path, "rb", error);
+  if (!fp)
+    return false;
+
+  WAV_HEADER file_header;
+  if (std::fread(&file_header, sizeof(file_header), 1, fp.get()) != 1 || file_header.chunk_id != RIFF_VALUE ||
+      file_header.format != WAVE_VALUE)
+  {
+    Error::SetStringView(error, "Invalid file header, must be RIFF");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  WAV_FULL_HEADER::FormatChunk format;
+  if (!FindChunk(fp.get(), &format, FMT_VALUE, error, true))
+  {
+    Error::AddPrefix(error, "Failed to get FMT chunk: ");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (format.audio_format != 1) // PCM
+  {
+    Error::SetStringFmt(error, "Unsupported audio format {}", format.audio_format);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (format.sample_rate == 0 || format.num_channels == 0 || format.bits_per_sample != 16)
+  {
+    Error::SetStringFmt(error, "Unsupported file format samplerate={} channels={} bits={}", format.sample_rate,
+                        format.num_channels, format.bits_per_sample);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  WAV_CHUNK_HEADER data;
+  if (!FindChunk(fp.get(), &data, DATA_VALUE, error, false))
+  {
+    Error::AddPrefix(error, "Failed to get DATA chunk: ");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const u32 num_frames = data.chunk_size / (sizeof(s16) * format.num_channels);
+  if (num_frames == 0)
+  {
+    Error::SetStringFmt(error, "File has no frames");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  m_file = fp.release();
+  m_frames_start = FileSystem::FTell64(m_file);
+  m_sample_rate = format.sample_rate;
+  m_num_channels = format.num_channels;
+  m_num_frames = num_frames;
+  return true;
+}
+
+void WAVReader::Close()
+{
+  if (!IsOpen())
+    return;
+
+  std::fclose(m_file);
+  m_file = nullptr;
+  m_sample_rate = 0;
+  m_num_channels = 0;
+  m_num_frames = 0;
+}
+
+bool WAVReader::SeekToFrame(u32 num, Error* error)
+{
+  const s64 offset = m_frames_start + (static_cast<s64>(num) * (sizeof(s16) * m_num_channels));
+  return FileSystem::FSeek64(m_file, offset, SEEK_SET, error);
+}
+
+bool WAVReader::ReadFrames(s16* samples, u32 num_frames, Error* error /*= nullptr*/)
+{
+  if (std::fread(samples, sizeof(s16) * m_num_channels, num_frames, m_file) != num_frames)
+  {
+    Error::SetErrno(error, "fread() failed: ", errno);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+WAVWriter::WAVWriter() = default;
+
+WAVWriter::~WAVWriter()
+{
+  if (IsOpen())
+    Close(nullptr);
+}
+
+bool WAVWriter::Open(const char* path, u32 sample_rate, u32 num_channels, Error* error)
+{
+  if (IsOpen())
+    Close(nullptr);
+
+  m_file = FileSystem::OpenCFile(path, "wb", error);
+  if (!m_file)
+    return false;
+
+  m_sample_rate = sample_rate;
+  m_num_channels = num_channels;
+  m_num_frames = 0;
+
+  if (!WriteHeader(error))
+  {
+    m_sample_rate = 0;
+    m_num_channels = 0;
+    std::fclose(m_file);
+    m_file = nullptr;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool WAVWriter::Close(Error* error)
+{
+  if (!IsOpen())
+    return true;
+
+  bool res = (m_num_frames != std::numeric_limits<u32>::max());
+  if (res)
+  {
+    res = FileSystem::FSeek64(m_file, 0, SEEK_SET, error) && WriteHeader(error);
+    if (std::fclose(m_file) != 0)
+    {
+      Error::SetErrno(error, "fclose() failed: ", errno);
+      res = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  m_file = nullptr;
+  m_sample_rate = 0;
+  m_num_channels = 0;
+  m_num_frames = 0;
+  return res;
+}
+
+bool WAVWriter::WriteFrames(const s16* samples, u32 num_frames, Error* error)
+{
+  if (m_num_frames == std::numeric_limits<u32>::max())
+  {
+    Error::SetStringView(error, "Previous write failed.");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const u32 num_frames_written =
+    static_cast<u32>(std::fwrite(samples, sizeof(s16) * m_num_channels, num_frames, m_file));
+  if (num_frames_written != num_frames)
+  {
+    Error::SetErrno(error, "fwrite() failed: ", errno);
+    m_num_frames = std::numeric_limits<u32>::max();
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  m_num_frames += num_frames_written;
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool WAVWriter::WriteHeader(Error* error)
+{
+  const u32 data_size = sizeof(SampleType) * m_num_channels * m_num_frames;
+
+  WAV_FULL_HEADER header = {};
+  header.chunk_id = RIFF_VALUE;
+  header.chunk_size = sizeof(WAV_FULL_HEADER) - 8 + data_size;
+  header.format = WAVE_VALUE;
+  header.fmt_chunk.chunk_id = FMT_VALUE;
+  header.fmt_chunk.chunk_size = sizeof(header.fmt_chunk) - 8;
+  header.fmt_chunk.audio_format = 1;
+  header.fmt_chunk.num_channels = static_cast<u16>(m_num_channels);
+  header.fmt_chunk.sample_rate = m_sample_rate;
+  header.fmt_chunk.byte_rate = m_sample_rate * m_num_channels * sizeof(SampleType);
+  header.fmt_chunk.block_align = static_cast<u16>(m_num_channels * sizeof(SampleType));
+  header.fmt_chunk.bits_per_sample = 16;
+  header.data_chunk_header.chunk_id = DATA_VALUE;
+  header.data_chunk_header.chunk_size = data_size;
+
+  if (std::fwrite(&header, sizeof(header), 1, m_file) != 1)
+  {
+    Error::SetErrno(error, "fwrite() failed: ", errno);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/wav_reader_writer.h b/src/util/wav_reader_writer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a6dfa51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/wav_reader_writer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Connor McLaughlin <stenzek@gmail.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/types.h"
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+class Error;
+
+class WAVReader
+{
+public:
+  WAVReader();
+  ~WAVReader();
+
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetSampleRate() const { return m_sample_rate; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumChannels() const { return m_num_channels; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumFrames() const { return m_num_frames; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsOpen() const { return (m_file != nullptr); }
+
+  bool Open(const char* path, Error* error = nullptr);
+  void Close();
+
+  bool SeekToFrame(u32 num, Error* error = nullptr);
+
+  bool ReadFrames(s16* samples, u32 num_frames, Error* error = nullptr);
+
+private:
+  using SampleType = s16;
+
+  std::FILE* m_file = nullptr;
+  s64 m_frames_start = 0;
+  u32 m_sample_rate = 0;
+  u32 m_num_channels = 0;
+  u32 m_num_frames = 0;
+};
+
+class WAVWriter
+{
+public:
+  WAVWriter();
+  ~WAVWriter();
+
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetSampleRate() const { return m_sample_rate; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumChannels() const { return m_num_channels; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumFrames() const { return m_num_frames; }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsOpen() const { return (m_file != nullptr); }
+
+  bool Open(const char* path, u32 sample_rate, u32 num_channels, Error* error = nullptr);
+  bool Close(Error* error);
+
+  bool WriteFrames(const s16* samples, u32 num_frames, Error* error = nullptr);
+
+private:
+  using SampleType = s16;
+
+  bool WriteHeader(Error* error);
+
+  std::FILE* m_file = nullptr;
+  u32 m_sample_rate = 0;
+  u32 m_num_channels = 0;
+  u32 m_num_frames = 0;
+};
diff --git a/src/util/wav_writer.cpp b/src/util/wav_writer.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 877918467..000000000
--- a/src/util/wav_writer.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Connor McLaughlin <stenzek@gmail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
-
-#include "wav_writer.h"
-#include "common/file_system.h"
-#include "common/log.h"
-LOG_CHANNEL(WAVWriter);
-
-namespace {
-#pragma pack(push, 1)
-struct WAV_HEADER
-{
-  u32 chunk_id; // RIFF
-  u32 chunk_size;
-  u32 format; // WAVE
-
-  struct FormatChunk
-  {
-    u32 chunk_id; // "fmt "
-    u32 chunk_size;
-    u16 audio_format; // pcm = 1
-    u16 num_channels;
-    u32 sample_rate;
-    u32 byte_rate;
-    u16 block_align;
-    u16 bits_per_sample;
-  } fmt_chunk;
-
-  struct DataChunkHeader
-  {
-    u32 chunk_id; // "data "
-    u32 chunk_size;
-  } data_chunk_header;
-};
-#pragma pack(pop)
-} // namespace
-
-WAVWriter::WAVWriter() = default;
-
-WAVWriter::~WAVWriter()
-{
-  if (IsOpen())
-    Close();
-}
-
-bool WAVWriter::Open(const char* filename, u32 sample_rate, u32 num_channels)
-{
-  if (IsOpen())
-    Close();
-
-  m_file = FileSystem::OpenCFile(filename, "wb");
-  if (!m_file)
-    return false;
-
-  m_sample_rate = sample_rate;
-  m_num_channels = num_channels;
-
-  if (!WriteHeader())
-  {
-    ERROR_LOG("Failed to write header to file");
-    m_sample_rate = 0;
-    m_num_channels = 0;
-    std::fclose(m_file);
-    m_file = nullptr;
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
-void WAVWriter::Close()
-{
-  if (!IsOpen())
-    return;
-
-  if (std::fseek(m_file, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0 || !WriteHeader())
-    ERROR_LOG("Failed to re-write header on file, file may be unplayable");
-
-  std::fclose(m_file);
-  m_file = nullptr;
-  m_sample_rate = 0;
-  m_num_channels = 0;
-  m_num_frames = 0;
-}
-
-void WAVWriter::WriteFrames(const s16* samples, u32 num_frames)
-{
-  const u32 num_frames_written =
-    static_cast<u32>(std::fwrite(samples, sizeof(s16) * m_num_channels, num_frames, m_file));
-  if (num_frames_written != num_frames)
-    ERROR_LOG("Only wrote {} of {} frames to output file", num_frames_written, num_frames);
-
-  m_num_frames += num_frames_written;
-}
-
-bool WAVWriter::WriteHeader()
-{
-  const u32 data_size = sizeof(SampleType) * m_num_channels * m_num_frames;
-
-  WAV_HEADER header = {};
-  header.chunk_id = 0x46464952; // 0x52494646
-  header.chunk_size = sizeof(WAV_HEADER) - 8 + data_size;
-  header.format = 0x45564157;             // 0x57415645
-  header.fmt_chunk.chunk_id = 0x20746d66; // 0x666d7420
-  header.fmt_chunk.chunk_size = sizeof(header.fmt_chunk) - 8;
-  header.fmt_chunk.audio_format = 1;
-  header.fmt_chunk.num_channels = static_cast<u16>(m_num_channels);
-  header.fmt_chunk.sample_rate = m_sample_rate;
-  header.fmt_chunk.byte_rate = m_sample_rate * m_num_channels * sizeof(SampleType);
-  header.fmt_chunk.block_align = static_cast<u16>(m_num_channels * sizeof(SampleType));
-  header.fmt_chunk.bits_per_sample = 16;
-  header.data_chunk_header.chunk_id = 0x61746164; // 0x64617461
-  header.data_chunk_header.chunk_size = data_size;
-
-  return (std::fwrite(&header, sizeof(header), 1, m_file) == 1);
-}
diff --git a/src/util/wav_writer.h b/src/util/wav_writer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1202bf8cf..000000000
--- a/src/util/wav_writer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Connor McLaughlin <stenzek@gmail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
-
-#pragma once
-#include "common/types.h"
-#include <cstdio>
-
-class WAVWriter
-{
-public:
-  WAVWriter();
-  ~WAVWriter();
-
-  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetSampleRate() const { return m_sample_rate; }
-  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumChannels() const { return m_num_channels; }
-  ALWAYS_INLINE u32 GetNumFrames() const { return m_num_frames; }
-  ALWAYS_INLINE bool IsOpen() const { return (m_file != nullptr); }
-
-  bool Open(const char* filename, u32 sample_rate, u32 num_channels);
-  void Close();
-
-  void WriteFrames(const s16* samples, u32 num_frames);
-
-private:
-  using SampleType = s16;
-
-  bool WriteHeader();
-
-  std::FILE* m_file = nullptr;
-  u32 m_sample_rate = 0;
-  u32 m_num_channels = 0;
-  u32 m_num_frames = 0;
-};