diff --git a/src/oldmovie.cpp b/src/oldmovie.cpp
index 345af2da..4d200c66 100644
--- a/src/oldmovie.cpp
+++ b/src/oldmovie.cpp
@@ -542,11 +542,11 @@ EFCM_CONVERTRESULT convert_fcm(MovieData& md, std::string fname)
 	int movieConvertOffset1=0, movieConvertOffset2=0,movieSyncHackOn=0;
 
 
-	ifstream* fp = (ifstream*)FCEUD_UTF8_fstream(fname, "rb");
+	EMUFILE* fp = FCEUD_UTF8_fstream(fname, "rb");
 	if(!fp) false;
 
 	// read header
-	uint32 magic;
+	uint32 magic = 0;
 	uint32 version;
 	uint8 flags[4];
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ EFCM_CONVERTRESULT convert_fcm(MovieData& md, std::string fname)
 	}
 
 	
-	fp->read((char*)&flags,4);
+	fp->fread((char*)&flags,4);
 	read32le(&framecount, fp);
 	read32le(&rerecord_count, fp);
 	read32le(&moviedatasize, fp);
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ EFCM_CONVERTRESULT convert_fcm(MovieData& md, std::string fname)
 	read32le(&firstframeoffset, fp);
 
 	//read header values
-	fp->read((char*)&md.romChecksum,16);
+	fp->fread((char*)&md.romChecksum,16);
 	read32le((uint32*)&md.emuVersion,fp);
 
 	md.romFilename = readNullTerminatedAscii(fp);
@@ -625,9 +625,9 @@ EFCM_CONVERTRESULT convert_fcm(MovieData& md, std::string fname)
 	//analyze input types?
 	//ResetInputTypes();
 
-	fp->seekg(firstframeoffset,ios::beg);
+	fp->fseek(firstframeoffset,SEEK_SET);
 	moviedata = (uint8*)realloc(moviedata, moviedatasize);
-	fp->read((char*)moviedata,moviedatasize);
+	fp->fread((char*)moviedata,moviedatasize);
 
 	frameptr = 0;
 	memset(joop,0,sizeof(joop));
diff --git a/src/utils/xstring.cpp b/src/utils/xstring.cpp
index afdc82dd..21e988aa 100644
--- a/src/utils/xstring.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/xstring.cpp
@@ -553,13 +553,13 @@ std::string stditoa(int n)
 }
 
 
-std::string readNullTerminatedAscii(std::istream* is)
+std::string readNullTerminatedAscii(EMUFILE* is)
 {
 	std::string ret;
 	ret.reserve(50);
 	for(;;) 
 	{
-		int c = is->get();
+		int c = is->fgetc();
 		if(c == 0) break;
 		else ret += (char)c;
 	}
diff --git a/src/utils/xstring.h b/src/utils/xstring.h
index a5f1d6b6..aad37674 100644
--- a/src/utils/xstring.h
+++ b/src/utils/xstring.h
@@ -63,35 +63,9 @@ char *U16ToHexStr(uint16 a);
 
 std::string stditoa(int n);
 
-std::string readNullTerminatedAscii(std::istream* is);
+std::string readNullTerminatedAscii(EMUFILE* is);
 
 //extracts a decimal uint from an istream
-template<typename T> T templateIntegerDecFromIstream(std::istream* is)
-{
-	unsigned int ret = 0;
-	bool pre = true;
-
-	for(;;)
-	{
-		int c = is->get();
-		if(c == -1) return ret;
-		int d = c - '0';
-		if((d<0 || d>9))
-		{
-			if(!pre)
-				break;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			pre = false;
-			ret *= 10;
-			ret += d;
-		}
-	}
-	is->unget();
-	return ret;
-}
-
 template<typename T> T templateIntegerDecFromIstream(EMUFILE* is)
 {
 	unsigned int ret = 0;
@@ -118,33 +92,9 @@ template<typename T> T templateIntegerDecFromIstream(EMUFILE* is)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-inline uint32 uint32DecFromIstream(std::istream* is) { return templateIntegerDecFromIstream<uint32>(is); }
-inline uint64 uint64DecFromIstream(std::istream* is) { return templateIntegerDecFromIstream<uint64>(is); }
 inline uint32 uint32DecFromIstream(EMUFILE* is) { return templateIntegerDecFromIstream<uint32>(is); }
 inline uint64 uint64DecFromIstream(EMUFILE* is) { return templateIntegerDecFromIstream<uint64>(is); }
 
-//puts an optionally 0-padded decimal integer of type T into the ostream (0-padding is quicker)
-template<typename T, int DIGITS, bool PAD> void putdec(std::ostream* os, T dec)
-{
-	char temp[DIGITS];
-	int ctr = 0;
-	for(int i=0;i<DIGITS;i++)
-	{
-		int quot = dec/10;
-		int rem = dec%10;
-		temp[DIGITS-1-i] = '0' + rem;
-		if(!PAD)
-		{
-			if(rem != 0) ctr = i;
-		}
-		dec = quot;
-	}
-	if(!PAD)
-		os->write(temp+DIGITS-ctr-1,ctr+1);
-	else
-		os->write(temp,DIGITS);
-}
-
 //puts an optionally 0-padded decimal integer of type T into the ostream (0-padding is quicker)
 template<typename T, int DIGITS, bool PAD> void putdec(EMUFILE* os, T dec)
 {