diff --git a/osu.Game/IO/FileAbstraction/StreamFileAbstraction.cs b/osu.Game/IO/FileAbstraction/StreamFileAbstraction.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d14385707..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/IO/FileAbstraction/StreamFileAbstraction.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace osu.Game.IO.FileAbstraction
-{
-    public class StreamFileAbstraction : TagLib.File.IFileAbstraction
-    {
-        public StreamFileAbstraction(string filename, Stream fileStream)
-        {
-            ReadStream = fileStream;
-            Name = filename;
-        }
-
-        public string Name { get; }
-
-        public Stream ReadStream { get; }
-        public Stream WriteStream => ReadStream;
-
-        public void CloseStream(Stream stream)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(stream);
-
-            stream.Close();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckAudioInVideo.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckAudioInVideo.cs
index 71a493c4cc..005902a8a1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckAudioInVideo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckAudioInVideo.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.IO.FileAbstraction;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks.Components;
 using osu.Game.Storyboards;
 using osu.Game.Utils;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks
                 {
                     // We use TagLib here for platform invariance; BASS cannot detect audio presence on Linux.
                     using (Stream data = context.WorkingBeatmap.GetStream(storagePath))
-                    using (File tagFile = TagLibUtils.CreateFile(new StreamFileAbstraction(filename, data)))
+                    using (File tagFile = TagLibUtils.GetTagLibFile(filename, data))
                     {
                         if (tagFile.Properties.AudioChannels == 0)
                             continue;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckVideoResolution.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckVideoResolution.cs
index 8cd9422eb4..c050932aa6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckVideoResolution.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckVideoResolution.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.IO.FileAbstraction;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks.Components;
 using osu.Game.Storyboards;
 using osu.Game.Utils;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks
                 try
                 {
                     using (Stream data = context.WorkingBeatmap.GetStream(storagePath))
-                    using (File tagFile = TagLibUtils.CreateFile(new StreamFileAbstraction(filename, data)))
+                    using (File tagFile = TagLibUtils.GetTagLibFile(filename, data))
                     {
                         int height = tagFile.Properties.VideoHeight;
                         int width = tagFile.Properties.VideoWidth;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/ResourcesSection.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/ResourcesSection.cs
index 037b4eb08f..5399f1fd6f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/ResourcesSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/ResourcesSection.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Setup
 
             try
             {
-                tagSource = TagLibUtils.CreateFile(source.FullName);
+                tagSource = TagLibUtils.GetTagLibFile(source.FullName);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Utils/TagLibUtils.cs b/osu.Game/Utils/TagLibUtils.cs
index e7bcf02237..4989d04238 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Utils/TagLibUtils.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Utils/TagLibUtils.cs
@@ -1,32 +1,56 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.IO;
-using osu.Game.IO.FileAbstraction;
 using TagLib;
+using File = TagLib.File;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Utils
 {
     public class TagLibUtils
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a <see cref="TagLib.File"/> with culture-invariant MIME type detection.
+        /// Creates a <see cref="TagLib.File"/> with culture-invariant MIME type detection, based on stream data.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="fileAbstraction">The file abstraction of the file to be created.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="TagLib.File"/> created.</returns>
-        public static TagLib.File CreateFile(StreamFileAbstraction fileAbstraction) =>
-            TagLib.File.Create(fileAbstraction, getMimeType(fileAbstraction.Name), ReadStyle.Average);
+        public static File GetTagLibFile(string filename, Stream stream)
+        {
+            var fileAbstraction = new StreamFileAbstraction(filename, stream);
+
+            return File.Create(fileAbstraction, getMimeType(fileAbstraction.Name), ReadStyle.Average | ReadStyle.PictureLazy);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a <see cref="TagLib.File"/> with culture-invariant MIME type detection.
+        /// Creates a <see cref="TagLib.File"/> with culture-invariant MIME type detection based on a file on disk.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filePath">The full path of the file to be created.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="TagLib.File"/> created.</returns>
-        public static TagLib.File CreateFile(string filePath) =>
-            TagLib.File.Create(filePath, getMimeType(filePath), ReadStyle.Average);
+        public static File GetTagLibFile(string filePath) =>
+            File.Create(filePath, getMimeType(filePath), ReadStyle.Average | ReadStyle.PictureLazy);
 
         // Manual MIME type resolution to avoid culture variance (ie. https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/32962)
-        private static string getMimeType(string fileName) =>
-            @"taglib/" + Path.GetExtension(fileName).TrimStart('.');
+        private static string getMimeType(string fileName) => @"taglib/" + Path.GetExtension(fileName).TrimStart('.');
+
+        private class StreamFileAbstraction : File.IFileAbstraction
+        {
+            public StreamFileAbstraction(string filename, Stream fileStream)
+            {
+                ReadStream = fileStream;
+                Name = filename;
+            }
+
+            public string Name { get; }
+
+            public Stream ReadStream { get; }
+            public Stream WriteStream => ReadStream;
+
+            public void CloseStream(Stream stream)
+            {
+                ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(stream);
+
+                stream.Close();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }