--- a/src/xs_sidplay1.cpp	Fri Nov 09 03:59:19 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/xs_sidplay1.cpp	Fri Nov 09 04:00:27 2012 +0200
@@ -321,20 +321,29 @@
  */
 gboolean xs_sidplay1_load(XSEngineState * state, gchar * filename)
 {
-    XSSIDPlay1 *engine;
-    assert(state);
+    XSSIDPlay1 *engine = (XSSIDPlay1 *) state->internal;
+    gboolean res = FALSE;
+    guint8 *buf = NULL;
+    size_t bufSize;
 
-    engine = (XSSIDPlay1 *) state->internal;
     if (!engine)
         return FALSE;
 
-    if (!filename)
-        return FALSE;
-    
-    if (!engine->tune->open(filename))
-        return FALSE;
+    if (!xs_fload_buffer(filename, &buf, &bufSize, XS_SIDBUF_SIZE, TRUE))
+        goto error;
 
-    return TRUE;
+    if (!engine->tune->load(buf, bufSize))
+    {
+        xs_error("could not initialize tune from buffer, %p:%d '%s'.\n",
+            buf, bufSize, filename);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    res = TRUE;
+
+error:
+    g_free(buf);
+    return res;
 }
 
 
@@ -352,22 +361,29 @@
  */
 XSTuneInfo *xs_sidplay1_getinfo(const gchar *filename)
 {
-    XSTuneInfo *res;
-    sidTune *tune;
+    XSTuneInfo *res = NULL;
+    sidTune *tune = NULL;
     sidTuneInfo info;
+    guint8 *buf = NULL;
+    size_t bufSize;
 
     /* Check if the tune exists and is readable */
-    if ((tune = new sidTune(filename)) == NULL)
+    if (!xs_fload_buffer(filename, &buf, &bufSize, XS_SIDBUF_SIZE, TRUE))
+    {
+        XSDEBUG("could not load file '%s'.\n", filename);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if ((tune = new sidTune(buf, bufSize)) == NULL)
     {
         XSDEBUG("could not initialize tune from '%s'.\n", filename);
-        return NULL;
+        goto error;
     }
 
     if (!tune->getStatus())
     {
         XSDEBUG("tune->getStatus() returned false for '%s'.\n", filename);
-        delete tune;
-        return NULL;
+        goto error;
     }
 
     /* Get general tune information */
@@ -382,7 +398,11 @@
         info.sidModel
         );
     
-    delete tune;
+error:
+    if (tune)
+        delete tune;
+
+    g_free(buf);
     return res;
 }