diff --git a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
index e14a9d3ad..12c314c63 100644
--- a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
+++ b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ void AudioManager::PushToOutput(const QByteArray &samples)
   output_manager_.Push(samples);
 }
 
-void AudioManager::StartOutput(QIODevice *device, int playback_speed)
+void AudioManager::StartOutput(const QString &filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed)
 {
-  output_manager_.PullFromDevice(device, playback_speed);
+  output_manager_.PullFromDevice(filename, offset, playback_speed);
 }
 
 void AudioManager::StopOutput()
diff --git a/app/audio/audiomanager.h b/app/audio/audiomanager.h
index 116b62c2f..a90c3ecf6 100644
--- a/app/audio/audiomanager.h
+++ b/app/audio/audiomanager.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public:
    *
    * This takes ownership of the QIODevice and will delete it when StopOutput() is called
    */
-  void StartOutput(QIODevice* device, int playback_speed);
+  void StartOutput(const QString& filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed);
 
   /**
    * @brief Stop audio output immediately
diff --git a/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.cpp b/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.cpp
index 713888b05..633e7e065 100644
--- a/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.cpp
+++ b/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.cpp
@@ -25,26 +25,37 @@
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 
-AudioOutputDeviceProxy::AudioOutputDeviceProxy() :
-  device_(nullptr)
+AudioOutputDeviceProxy::AudioOutputDeviceProxy()
 {
 }
 
+AudioOutputDeviceProxy::~AudioOutputDeviceProxy()
+{
+  if (file_.isOpen()) {
+    file_.close();
+  }
+}
+
 void AudioOutputDeviceProxy::SetParameters(const AudioRenderingParams &params)
 {
   params_ = params;
 }
 
-void AudioOutputDeviceProxy::SetDevice(QIODevice *device, int playback_speed)
+void AudioOutputDeviceProxy::SetDevice(const QString &filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed)
 {
-  device_ = device;
-
-  if (!device_->isOpen()) {
-    if (!device_->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-      qWarning() << "Failed to open sub-device";
-    }
+  if (file_.isOpen()) {
+    file_.close();
   }
 
+  file_.setFileName(filename);
+
+  if (!file_.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
+    qCritical() << "Failed to open" << filename << "for audio playback";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  file_.seek(offset);
+
   playback_speed_ = playback_speed;
 
   if (qAbs(playback_speed_) != 1) {
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ void AudioOutputDeviceProxy::close()
 {
   QIODevice::close();
 
-  device_->close();
+  file_.close();
 
   if (tempo_processor_.IsOpen()) {
     tempo_processor_.Close();
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ void AudioOutputDeviceProxy::close()
 
 qint64 AudioOutputDeviceProxy::readData(char *data, qint64 maxlen)
 {
-  if (device_) {
+  if (file_.isOpen()) {
 
     qint64 read_count;
 
@@ -106,21 +117,21 @@ qint64 AudioOutputDeviceProxy::ReverseAwareRead(char *data, qint64 maxlen)
 
   if (playback_speed_ < 0) {
     // If we're reversing, we'll seek back by maxlen bytes before we read
-    new_pos = device_->pos() - maxlen;
+    new_pos = file_.pos() - maxlen;
 
     if (new_pos < 0) {
-      maxlen = device_->pos();
+      maxlen = file_.pos();
 
       new_pos = 0;
     }
 
-    device_->seek(new_pos);
+    file_.seek(new_pos);
   }
 
-  qint64 read_count = device_->read(data, maxlen);
+  qint64 read_count = file_.read(data, maxlen);
 
   if (playback_speed_ < 0) {
-    device_->seek(new_pos);
+    file_.seek(new_pos);
 
     // Reverse the samples here
     AudioManager::ReverseBuffer(data, static_cast<int>(read_count), params_.samples_to_bytes(1));
diff --git a/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.h b/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.h
index bf639c7fc..52c6a8ca9 100644
--- a/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.h
+++ b/app/audio/outputdeviceproxy.h
@@ -21,22 +21,27 @@
 #ifndef AUDIOOUTPUTDEVICEPROXY_H
 #define AUDIOOUTPUTDEVICEPROXY_H
 
-#include <QIODevice>
+#include <QFile>
 
 #include "common/define.h"
 #include "tempoprocessor.h"
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 
+/**
+ * @brief QIODevice wrapper that can adjust speed/reverse an audio file
+ */
 class AudioOutputDeviceProxy : public QIODevice
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
   AudioOutputDeviceProxy();
 
+  virtual ~AudioOutputDeviceProxy() override;
+
   void SetParameters(const AudioRenderingParams& params);
 
-  void SetDevice(QIODevice* device, int playback_speed);
+  void SetDevice(const QString &filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed);
 
   virtual void close() override;
 
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ protected:
 private:
   qint64 ReverseAwareRead(char* data, qint64 maxlen);
 
-  QIODevice* device_;
+  QFile file_;
 
   TempoProcessor tempo_processor_;
 
diff --git a/app/audio/outputmanager.cpp b/app/audio/outputmanager.cpp
index aa1a97911..1b4e20c57 100644
--- a/app/audio/outputmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/audio/outputmanager.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ void AudioOutputManager::SetParameters(const AudioRenderingParams &params)
   device_proxy_.SetParameters(params);
 }
 
-void AudioOutputManager::PullFromDevice(QIODevice *device, int playback_speed)
+void AudioOutputManager::PullFromDevice(const QString &filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed)
 {
-  if (!output_ || !device) {
+  if (!output_) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void AudioOutputManager::PullFromDevice(QIODevice *device, int playback_speed)
   pushed_samples_.clear();
 
   // Pull from the device
-  device_proxy_.SetDevice(device, playback_speed);
+  device_proxy_.SetDevice(filename, offset, playback_speed);
   device_proxy_.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
   output_->start(&device_proxy_);
 }
diff --git a/app/audio/outputmanager.h b/app/audio/outputmanager.h
index cf06f0641..e845b02f9 100644
--- a/app/audio/outputmanager.h
+++ b/app/audio/outputmanager.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
    * This will clear any pushed samples or QIODevices currently being read and will start reading from this next time
    * the audio output requests data.
    */
-  void PullFromDevice(QIODevice* device, int playback_speed);
+  void PullFromDevice(const QString &filename, qint64 offset, int playback_speed);
 
   void ResetToPushMode();
 
diff --git a/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.cpp
index 60923cf89..07c023187 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.cpp
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ AudioBackend::~AudioBackend()
   Close();
 }
 
-QIODevice *AudioBackend::GetAudioPullDevice()
-{
-  pull_device_.setFileName(CachePathName());
-
-  return &pull_device_;
-}
-
 bool AudioBackend::InitInternal()
 {
   // Initiate one thread per CPU core
diff --git a/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.h b/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.h
index 8f4772148..81b423c68 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.h
+++ b/app/render/backend/audio/audiobackend.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ public:
 
   virtual ~AudioBackend() override;
 
-  virtual QIODevice* GetAudioPullDevice() override;
-
 protected:
   virtual bool InitInternal() override;
 
@@ -51,9 +49,6 @@ protected:
 private slots:
   void ThreadCompletedCache(NodeDependency dep, NodeValueTable data, qint64 job_time);
 
-private:
-  QFile pull_device_;
-
 };
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_EXIT
diff --git a/app/render/backend/audiorenderbackend.h b/app/render/backend/audiorenderbackend.h
index e01cee92e..f2420079d 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/audiorenderbackend.h
+++ b/app/render/backend/audiorenderbackend.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ public:
    */
   void SetParameters(const AudioRenderingParams &params);
 
-  virtual QIODevice* GetAudioPullDevice() = 0;
-
   const AudioRenderingParams& params() const;
 
   QString CachePathName() const;
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
index 3c90345c2..4ccae54f6 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
@@ -355,11 +355,10 @@ void ViewerWidget::PlayInternal(int speed, bool in_to_out_only)
   playback_speed_ = speed;
   play_in_to_out_only_ = in_to_out_only;
 
-  QIODevice* audio_src = audio_renderer_->GetAudioPullDevice();
-  if (audio_src != nullptr && audio_src->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-    audio_src->seek(audio_renderer_->params().time_to_bytes(GetTime()));
+  QString audio_fn = audio_renderer_->CachePathName();
+  if (!audio_fn.isEmpty()) {
     AudioManager::instance()->SetOutputParams(audio_renderer_->params());
-    AudioManager::instance()->StartOutput(audio_src, playback_speed_);
+    AudioManager::instance()->StartOutput(audio_fn, audio_renderer_->params().time_to_bytes(GetTime()), playback_speed_);
   }
 
   start_msec_ = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
@@ -378,19 +377,20 @@ void ViewerWidget::PushScrubbedAudio()
 {
   if (!IsPlaying() && Config::Current()["AudioScrubbing"].toBool()) {
     // Get audio src device from renderer
-    QIODevice* audio_src = audio_renderer_->GetAudioPullDevice();
+    QString audio_fn = audio_renderer_->CachePathName();
+    QFile audio_src(audio_fn);
 
-    if (audio_src && audio_src->open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
+    if (audio_src.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
       // FIXME: Hardcoded scrubbing interval (20ms)
       int size_of_sample = audio_renderer_->params().time_to_bytes(rational(20, 1000));
 
       // Push audio
-      audio_src->seek(audio_renderer_->params().time_to_bytes(GetTime()));
-      QByteArray frame_audio = audio_src->read(size_of_sample);
+      audio_src.seek(audio_renderer_->params().time_to_bytes(GetTime()));
+      QByteArray frame_audio = audio_src.read(size_of_sample);
       AudioManager::instance()->SetOutputParams(audio_renderer_->params());
       AudioManager::instance()->PushToOutput(frame_audio);
 
-      audio_src->close();
+      audio_src.close();
     }
   }
 }