diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
index 970a68d36..1e09f53c1 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
@@ -119,25 +119,19 @@ struct COMObjectRetainer {
 };
 
 /// @brief RAII wrapper around Win32 HANDLE type
-struct Win32KernelHandle {
-	/// HANDLE value being managed
-	HANDLE handle;
-
+struct Win32KernelHandle : public agi::scoped_holder<HANDLE, BOOL (__stdcall *)(HANDLE)> {
 	/// @brief Create with a managed handle
 	/// @param handle Win32 handle to manage
 	Win32KernelHandle(HANDLE handle = 0)
-		: handle(handle)
+	: scoped_holder(handle, CloseHandle)
 	{
 	}
 
-	/// @brief Destructor, closes the managed handle
-	~Win32KernelHandle()
+	Win32KernelHandle& operator=(HANDLE new_handle)
 	{
-		if (handle) CloseHandle(handle);
+		scoped_holder::operator=(new_handle);
+		return *this;
 	}
-
-	/// @brief Returns the managed handle
-	operator HANDLE () const { return handle; }
 };
 
 /// @class DirectSoundPlayer2Thread
@@ -667,7 +661,7 @@ DirectSoundPlayer2Thread::DirectSoundPlayer2Thread(AudioProvider *provider, int
 	start_frame = 0;
 	end_frame = 0;
 
-	thread_handle.handle = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(0, 0, ThreadProc, this, 0, 0);
+	thread_handle = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(0, 0, ThreadProc, this, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!thread_handle)
 		throw agi::AudioPlayerOpenError("Failed creating playback thread in DirectSoundPlayer2. This is bad.", 0);
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
index 90d3caa93..28842d29a 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
@@ -53,52 +53,31 @@
 #include "main.h"
 
 /// @brief Constructor 
-/// @param filename 
-///
-FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::FFmpegSourceAudioProvider(wxString filename)
-: AudioSource(NULL)
-, COMInited(false)
+/// @param filename The filename to open
+FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::FFmpegSourceAudioProvider(wxString filename) try
+: AudioSource(NULL, FFMS_DestroyAudioSource)
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-	HRESULT res;
-	res = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
-	if (SUCCEEDED(res)) 
-		COMInited = true;
-	else if (res != RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE)
-		throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError("COM initialization failure", 0);
-#endif
-	// initialize ffmpegsource
-	// FIXME: CPU detection?
-#if FFMS_VERSION >= ((2 << 24) | (14 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 0)
-	FFMS_Init(0, 1);
-#else
-	FFMS_Init(0);
-#endif
-
 	ErrInfo.Buffer		= FFMSErrMsg;
 	ErrInfo.BufferSize	= sizeof(FFMSErrMsg);
 	ErrInfo.ErrorType	= FFMS_ERROR_SUCCESS;
 	ErrInfo.SubType		= FFMS_ERROR_SUCCESS;
 	SetLogLevel();
 
-	try {
-		LoadAudio(filename);
-	} catch (...) {
-		Close();
-		throw;
-	}
+	LoadAudio(filename);
+}
+catch (wxString const& err) {
+	throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError(STD_STR(err), 0);
+}
+catch (const char *err) {
+	throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError(err, 0);
 }
 
-/// @brief Load audio file 
-/// @param filename 
-///
 void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::LoadAudio(wxString filename) {
 	wxString FileNameShort = wxFileName(filename).GetShortPath();
 
 	FFMS_Indexer *Indexer = FFMS_CreateIndexer(FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo);
-	if (Indexer == NULL) {
+	if (!Indexer)
 		throw agi::FileNotFoundError(ErrInfo.Buffer);
-	}
 
 	std::map<int,wxString> TrackList = GetTracksOfType(Indexer, FFMS_TYPE_AUDIO);
 	if (TrackList.size() <= 0)
@@ -118,37 +97,25 @@ void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::LoadAudio(wxString filename) {
 	wxString CacheName = GetCacheFilename(filename);
 
 	// try to read index
-	FFMS_Index *Index = NULL;
-	Index = FFMS_ReadIndex(CacheName.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo);
-	bool IndexIsValid = false;
-	if (Index != NULL) {
-		if (FFMS_IndexBelongsToFile(Index, FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo)) {
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-			Index = NULL;
-		}
-		else
-			IndexIsValid = true;
-	}
+	agi::scoped_holder<FFMS_Index*, void (FFMS_CC*)(FFMS_Index*)>
+		Index(FFMS_ReadIndex(CacheName.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo), FFMS_DestroyIndex);
+
+	if (Index && !FFMS_IndexBelongsToFile(Index, FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo))
+		Index = NULL;
 	
 	// index valid but track number still not set?
-	if (IndexIsValid) {
+	if (Index) {
 		// track number not set? just grab the first track
 		if (TrackNumber < 0)
 			TrackNumber = FFMS_GetFirstTrackOfType(Index, FFMS_TYPE_AUDIO, &ErrInfo);
-		if (TrackNumber < 0) {
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-			Index = NULL;
+		if (TrackNumber < 0)
 			throw agi::AudioDataNotFoundError(std::string("Couldn't find any audio tracks: ") + ErrInfo.Buffer, 0);
-		}
 
 		// index is valid and track number is now set,
 		// but do we have indexing info for the desired audio track?
 		FFMS_Track *TempTrackData = FFMS_GetTrackFromIndex(Index, TrackNumber);
-		if (FFMS_GetNumFrames(TempTrackData) <= 0) {
-			IndexIsValid = false;
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
+		if (FFMS_GetNumFrames(TempTrackData) <= 0)
 			Index = NULL;
-		}
 	}
 	// no valid index exists and the file only has one audio track, index it
 	else if (TrackNumber < 0) 
@@ -156,19 +123,14 @@ void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::LoadAudio(wxString filename) {
 	// else: do nothing (keep track mask as it is)
 	
 	// moment of truth
-	if (!IndexIsValid) {
+	if (!Index) {
 		int TrackMask;
 		if (OPT_GET("Provider/FFmpegSource/Index All Tracks")->GetBool() || TrackNumber == FFMS_TRACKMASK_ALL)
 			TrackMask = FFMS_TRACKMASK_ALL;
 		else
 			TrackMask = (1 << TrackNumber);
 
-		try {
-			Index = DoIndexing(Indexer, CacheName, TrackMask, GetErrorHandlingMode());
-		}
-		catch (wxString const& err) {
-			throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError(STD_STR(err), 0);
-		}
+		Index = DoIndexing(Indexer, CacheName, TrackMask, GetErrorHandlingMode());
 
 		// if tracknumber still isn't set we need to set it now
 		if (TrackNumber == FFMS_TRACKMASK_ALL)
@@ -185,12 +147,9 @@ void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::LoadAudio(wxString filename) {
 #else
 	AudioSource = FFMS_CreateAudioSource(FileNameShort.utf8_str(), TrackNumber, Index, &ErrInfo);
 #endif
-	FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-	Index = NULL;
-	if (!AudioSource) {
-		throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError(std::string("Failed to open audio track: %s") + ErrInfo.Buffer, 0);
-	}
-		
+	if (!AudioSource)
+		throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError(std::string("Failed to open audio track: ") + ErrInfo.Buffer, 0);
+
 	const FFMS_AudioProperties AudioInfo = *FFMS_GetAudioProperties(AudioSource);
 
 	channels	= AudioInfo.Channels;
@@ -211,27 +170,6 @@ void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::LoadAudio(wxString filename) {
 	}
 }
 
-/// @brief Destructor 
-///
-FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::~FFmpegSourceAudioProvider() {
-	Close();
-}
-
-/// @brief Clean up 
-///
-void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::Close() {
-	if (AudioSource) FFMS_DestroyAudioSource(AudioSource);
-#ifdef WIN32
-	if (COMInited)
-		CoUninitialize();
-#endif
-}
-
-/// @brief Get audio 
-/// @param Buf   
-/// @param Start 
-/// @param Count 
-///
 void FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::GetAudio(void *Buf, int64_t Start, int64_t Count) const {
 	if (FFMS_GetAudio(AudioSource, Buf, Start, Count, &ErrInfo)) {
 		throw AudioDecodeError(std::string("Failed to get audio samples: ") + ErrInfo.Buffer);
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.h b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.h
index d01b41fd8..46107a930 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.h
@@ -42,19 +42,16 @@
 /// @class FFmpegSourceAudioProvider
 /// @brief Implements audio loading with the FFMS library.
 class FFmpegSourceAudioProvider : public AudioProvider, FFmpegSourceProvider {
-private:
-	FFMS_AudioSource *AudioSource;	///< audio source object
-	bool COMInited;					///< COM initialization state
+	/// audio source object
+	agi::scoped_holder<FFMS_AudioSource*, void (FFMS_CC *)(FFMS_AudioSource*)> AudioSource;
 
 	mutable char FFMSErrMsg[1024];			///< FFMS error message
 	mutable FFMS_ErrorInfo ErrInfo;			///< FFMS error codes/messages
 
-	void Close();
 	void LoadAudio(wxString filename);
 
 public:
 	FFmpegSourceAudioProvider(wxString filename);
-	virtual ~FFmpegSourceAudioProvider();
 
 	/// @brief Checks sample endianness
 	/// @return Returns true.
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.cpp
index fbea3475d..711ceb073 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@
 /// @param filename 
 ///
 PCMAudioProvider::PCMAudioProvider(const wxString &filename)
-{
 #ifdef _WIN32
+: file_handle(0, CloseHandle)
+, file_mapping(0, CloseHandle)
+{
 	file_handle = CreateFile(
 		filename.c_str(),
 		FILE_READ_DATA,
@@ -75,15 +77,13 @@ PCMAudioProvider::PCMAudioProvider(const wxString &filename)
 		FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL|FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS,
 		0);
 
-	if (file_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+	if (file_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		throw agi::FileNotFoundError(STD_STR(filename));
-	}
 
 	LARGE_INTEGER li_file_size = {0};
-	if (!GetFileSizeEx(file_handle, &li_file_size)) {
-		CloseHandle(file_handle);
+	if (!GetFileSizeEx(file_handle, &li_file_size))
 		throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError("Failed getting file size", 0);
-	}
+
 	file_size = li_file_size.QuadPart;
 
 	file_mapping = CreateFileMapping(
@@ -93,20 +93,16 @@ PCMAudioProvider::PCMAudioProvider(const wxString &filename)
 		0, 0,
 		0);
 
-	if (file_mapping == 0) {
-		CloseHandle(file_handle);
+	if (file_mapping == 0)
 		throw agi::AudioProviderOpenError("Failed creating file mapping", 0);
-	}
 
 	current_mapping = 0;
 
 #else
-
-	file_handle = open(filename.mb_str(*wxConvFileName), O_RDONLY);
-
-	if (file_handle == -1) {
+: file_handle(open(filename.mb_str(*wxConvFileName), O_RDONLY), close)
+{
+	if (file_handle == -1)
 		throw agi::FileNotFoundError(STD_STR(filename));
-	}
 
 	struct stat filestats;
 	memset(&filestats, 0, sizeof(filestats));
@@ -125,18 +121,11 @@ PCMAudioProvider::PCMAudioProvider(const wxString &filename)
 PCMAudioProvider::~PCMAudioProvider()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	if (current_mapping) {
+	if (current_mapping)
 		UnmapViewOfFile(current_mapping);
-	}
-
-	CloseHandle(file_mapping);
-	CloseHandle(file_handle);
 #else
-	if (current_mapping) {
+	if (current_mapping)
 		munmap(current_mapping, mapping_length);
-	}
-
-	close(file_handle);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.h b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.h
index e81c80f65..d5cab0e6c 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_pcm.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 #include "include/aegisub/audio_provider.h"
 
+#include <libaegisub/scoped_ptr.h>
+
 
 /// DOCME
 /// @class PCMAudioProvider
@@ -54,14 +56,12 @@
 ///
 /// DOCME
 class PCMAudioProvider : public AudioProvider {
-private:
 #ifdef _WIN32
+	/// DOCME
+	agi::scoped_holder<HANDLE, BOOL (__stdcall *)(HANDLE)> file_handle;
 
 	/// DOCME
-	HANDLE file_handle;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	HANDLE file_mapping;
+	agi::scoped_holder<HANDLE, BOOL (__stdcall *)(HANDLE)> file_mapping;
 
 	/// DOCME
 	mutable void *current_mapping;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private:
 	/// DOCME
 	mutable size_t mapping_length;
 #else
-	int file_handle;
+	agi::scoped_holder<int, int(*)(int)> file_handle;
 	mutable void *current_mapping;
 	mutable off_t mapping_start;
 	mutable size_t mapping_length;
diff --git a/aegisub/src/dialog_version_check.cpp b/aegisub/src/dialog_version_check.cpp
index 286603f70..b16162164 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/dialog_version_check.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/dialog_version_check.cpp
@@ -271,28 +271,22 @@ typedef BOOL (WINAPI * PGetUserPreferredUILanguages)(DWORD dwFlags, PULONG pulNu
 // Try using Win 6+ functions if available
 static wxString GetUILanguage()
 {
-	wxString res;
-
-	HMODULE kernel32 = LoadLibraryW(L"kernel32.dll");
-	if (!kernel32) return res;
+	agi::scoped_holder<HMODULE, BOOL (__stdcall *)(HMODULE)> kernel32(LoadLibraryW(L"kernel32.dll"), FreeLibrary);
+	if (!kernel32) return "";
 
 	PGetUserPreferredUILanguages gupuil = (PGetUserPreferredUILanguages)GetProcAddress(kernel32, "GetUserPreferredUILanguages");
-	if (!gupuil) goto error;
+	if (!gupuil) return "";
 
 	ULONG numlang = 0, output_len = 0;
-	if (gupuil(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &numlang, 0, &output_len) == TRUE && output_len)
-	{
-		std::vector<wchar_t> output(output_len);
-		if (gupuil(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &numlang, &output[0], &output_len) && numlang >= 1)
-		{
-			// We got at least one language, just treat it as the only, and a null-terminated string
-			res = &output[0];
-		}
-	}
+	if (gupuil(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &numlang, 0, &output_len) != TRUE || !output_len)
+		return "";
 
-error:
-	FreeModule(kernel32);
-	return res;
+	std::vector<wchar_t> output(output_len);
+	if (!gupuil(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &numlang, &output[0], &output_len) || numlang < 1)
+		return "";
+
+	// We got at least one language, just treat it as the only, and a null-terminated string
+	return &output[0];
 }
 static wxString GetSystemLanguage()
 {
diff --git a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
index 4e0b94ed9..c05b70ca6 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,33 @@
 #include "md5.h"
 #include "standard_paths.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+static void deinit_com(bool) {
+	CoUninitialize();
+}
+#else
+static void deinit_com(bool) { }
+#endif
+
+FFmpegSourceProvider::FFmpegSourceProvider()
+: COMInited(false, deinit_com)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+	HRESULT res = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
+	if (SUCCEEDED(res))
+		COMInited = true;
+	else if (res != RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE)
+		throw "COM initialization failure";
+#endif
+
+	// initialize ffmpegsource
+	// FIXME: CPU detection?
+#if FFMS_VERSION >= ((2 << 24) | (14 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 0)
+	FFMS_Init(0, 1);
+#else
+	FFMS_Init(0);
+#endif
+}
 
 wxMutex FFmpegSourceProvider::CleaningInProgress;
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
index e89b41ed6..9be835e70 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 
 #include <ffms.h>
 
+#include <libaegisub/scoped_ptr.h>
+
 /// Index all tracks
 #define FFMS_TRACKMASK_ALL		-1
 /// Index no tracks
@@ -54,7 +56,11 @@
 /// @brief Base class for FFMS2 source providers; contains common functions etc
 class FFmpegSourceProvider {
 	friend class FFmpegSourceCacheCleaner;
+	agi::scoped_holder<bool> COMInited; ///< COM initialization state
+
 public:
+	FFmpegSourceProvider();
+
 	/// Logging level constants from avutil/log.h
 	enum FFMS_LogLevel {
 		/// nothing printed
@@ -85,7 +91,6 @@ public:
 /// @class FFmpegSourceCacheCleaner
 /// @brief Implements index cache cleaning functionality for the FFMS2 providers 
 class FFmpegSourceCacheCleaner : public wxThread {
-private:
 	FFmpegSourceProvider *parent;
 
 public:
@@ -96,4 +101,3 @@ public:
 };
 
 #endif /* WITH_FFMS2 */
-
diff --git a/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.cpp b/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.cpp
index d82d6ffb5..e20db14ea 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ FontFileLister::CollectionResult FontConfigFontFileLister::GetFontPaths(wxString
 	                         bold;
 	int slant  = italic ? 110 : 0;
 
-	scoped<FcPattern*> pat(FcPatternCreate(), FcPatternDestroy);
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcPattern*> pat(FcPatternCreate(), FcPatternDestroy);
 	if (!pat) return ret;
 
 	int family_cnt = add_families(pat, family);
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ FontFileLister::CollectionResult FontConfigFontFileLister::GetFontPaths(wxString
 	if (!FcConfigSubstitute(config, pat, FcMatchPattern)) return ret;
 
 	FcResult result;
-	scoped<FcFontSet*> fsorted(FcFontSort(config, pat, true, NULL, &result), FcFontSetDestroy);
-	scoped<FcFontSet*> ffullname(MatchFullname(family.c_str(), weight, slant), FcFontSetDestroy);
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcFontSet*> fsorted(FcFontSort(config, pat, true, NULL, &result), FcFontSetDestroy);
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcFontSet*> ffullname(MatchFullname(family.c_str(), weight, slant), FcFontSetDestroy);
 	if (!fsorted || !ffullname) return ret;
 
-	scoped<FcFontSet*> fset(FcFontSetCreate(), FcFontSetDestroy);
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcFontSet*> fset(FcFontSetCreate(), FcFontSetDestroy);
 	for (int cur_font = 0; cur_font < ffullname->nfont; ++cur_font) {
 		FcPattern *curp = ffullname->fonts[cur_font];
 		FcPatternReference(curp);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ FontFileLister::CollectionResult FontConfigFontFileLister::GetFontPaths(wxString
 	for (; family_cnt > 1; --family_cnt)
 		FcPatternRemove(pat, FC_FAMILY, family_cnt - 1);
 
-	scoped<FcPattern*> rpat(FcFontRenderPrepare(config, pat, fset->fonts[cur_font]), FcPatternDestroy);
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcPattern*> rpat(FcFontRenderPrepare(config, pat, fset->fonts[cur_font]), FcPatternDestroy);
 	if (!rpat) return ret;
 
 	FcChar8 *r_family;
diff --git a/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.h b/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.h
index 9d6255dd3..7df85fc33 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/font_file_lister_fontconfig.h
@@ -25,23 +25,15 @@
 
 #include "font_file_lister.h"
 
+#include <libaegisub/scoped_ptr.h>
+
 typedef struct _FcConfig FcConfig;
 typedef struct _FcFontSet FcFontSet;
 
 /// @class FontConfigFontFileLister
 /// @brief fontconfig powered font lister
 class FontConfigFontFileLister : public FontFileLister {
-	template<typename T> class scoped {
-		T data;
-		void (*destructor)(T);
-	public:
-		scoped(T data, void (*destructor)(T)) : data(data), destructor(destructor) { }
-		~scoped() { if (data) destructor(data); }
-		operator T() { return data; }
-		T operator->() { return data; }
-	};
-
-	scoped<FcConfig*> config;
+	agi::scoped_holder<FcConfig*> config;
 
 	/// @brief Case-insensitive match ASS/SSA font family against full name. (also known as "name for humans")
 	/// @param family font fullname
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
index 7bf156bb1..1c076e299 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
@@ -57,33 +57,15 @@
 #include "video_context.h"
 #include "video_provider_ffmpegsource.h"
 
-
-
 /// @brief Constructor 
 /// @param filename The filename to open
-FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::FFmpegSourceVideoProvider(wxString filename)
-: VideoSource(NULL)
+FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::FFmpegSourceVideoProvider(wxString filename) try
+: VideoSource(NULL, FFMS_DestroyVideoSource)
 , VideoInfo(NULL)
 , Width(-1)
 , Height(-1)
 , FrameNumber(-1)
-, COMInited(false)
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-	HRESULT res = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
-	if (SUCCEEDED(res)) 
-		COMInited = true;
-	else if (res != RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE)
-		throw VideoOpenError("COM initialization failure");
-#endif
-	// initialize ffmpegsource
-	// FIXME: CPU detection?
-#if FFMS_VERSION >= ((2 << 24) | (14 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 0)
-	FFMS_Init(0, 1);
-#else
-	FFMS_Init(0);
-#endif
-
 	ErrInfo.Buffer		= FFMSErrMsg;
 	ErrInfo.BufferSize	= sizeof(FFMSErrMsg);
 	ErrInfo.ErrorType	= FFMS_ERROR_SUCCESS;
@@ -92,25 +74,14 @@ FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::FFmpegSourceVideoProvider(wxString filename)
 	SetLogLevel();
 
 	// and here we go
-	try {
-		LoadVideo(filename);
-	}
-	catch (wxString const& err) {
-		Close();
-		throw VideoOpenError(STD_STR(err));
-	}
-	catch (...) {
-		Close();
-		throw;
-	}
+	LoadVideo(filename);
 }
-
-
-/// @brief Destructor 
-FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::~FFmpegSourceVideoProvider() {
-	Close();
+catch (wxString const& err) {
+	throw VideoOpenError(STD_STR(err));
+}
+catch (const char * err) {
+	throw VideoOpenError(err);
 }
-
 
 /// @brief Opens video 
 /// @param filename The filename to open
@@ -118,9 +89,8 @@ void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::LoadVideo(wxString filename) {
 	wxString FileNameShort = wxFileName(filename).GetShortPath(); 
 
 	FFMS_Indexer *Indexer = FFMS_CreateIndexer(FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo);
-	if (Indexer == NULL) {
+	if (!Indexer)
 		throw agi::FileNotFoundError(ErrInfo.Buffer);
-	}
 
 	std::map<int,wxString> TrackList = GetTracksOfType(Indexer, FFMS_TYPE_VIDEO);
 	if (TrackList.size() <= 0)
@@ -140,40 +110,26 @@ void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::LoadVideo(wxString filename) {
 	wxString CacheName = GetCacheFilename(filename);
 
 	// try to read index
-	FFMS_Index *Index = NULL;
-	Index = FFMS_ReadIndex(CacheName.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo);
-	bool IndexIsValid = false;
-	if (Index != NULL) {
-		if (FFMS_IndexBelongsToFile(Index, FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo)) {
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-			Index = NULL;
-		}
-		else
-			IndexIsValid = true;
-	}
+	agi::scoped_holder<FFMS_Index*, void (FFMS_CC*)(FFMS_Index*)>
+		Index(FFMS_ReadIndex(CacheName.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo), FFMS_DestroyIndex);
+
+	if (Index && !FFMS_IndexBelongsToFile(Index, FileNameShort.utf8_str(), &ErrInfo))
+		Index = NULL;
 
 	// time to examine the index and check if the track we want is indexed
 	// technically this isn't really needed since all video tracks should always be indexed,
 	// but a bit of sanity checking never hurt anyone
-	if (IndexIsValid && TrackNumber >= 0) {
+	if (Index && TrackNumber >= 0) {
 		FFMS_Track *TempTrackData = FFMS_GetTrackFromIndex(Index, TrackNumber);
-		if (FFMS_GetNumFrames(TempTrackData) <= 0) {
-			IndexIsValid = false;
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
+		if (FFMS_GetNumFrames(TempTrackData) <= 0)
 			Index = NULL;
-		}
 	}
 	
 	// moment of truth
-	if (!IndexIsValid) {
+	if (!Index) {
 		int TrackMask = OPT_GET("Provider/FFmpegSource/Index All Tracks")->GetBool() ? FFMS_TRACKMASK_ALL : FFMS_TRACKMASK_NONE;
-		try {
-			// ignore audio decoding errors here, we don't care right now
-			Index = DoIndexing(Indexer, CacheName, TrackMask, FFMS_IEH_IGNORE);
-		}
-		catch (wxString err) {
-			throw VideoOpenError(STD_STR(err));
-		}
+		// ignore audio decoding errors here, we don't care right now
+		Index = DoIndexing(Indexer, CacheName, TrackMask, FFMS_IEH_IGNORE);
 	}
 	
 	// update access time of index file so it won't get cleaned away
@@ -188,11 +144,8 @@ void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::LoadVideo(wxString filename) {
 	if (TrackNumber < 0) {
 		// just grab the first track
 		TrackNumber = FFMS_GetFirstIndexedTrackOfType(Index, FFMS_TYPE_VIDEO, &ErrInfo);
-		if (TrackNumber < 0) {
-			FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-			Index = NULL;
+		if (TrackNumber < 0)
 			throw VideoNotSupported(std::string("Couldn't find any video tracks: ") + ErrInfo.Buffer);
-		}
 	}
 
 	// set thread count
@@ -207,11 +160,8 @@ void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::LoadVideo(wxString filename) {
 		SeekMode = FFMS_SEEK_NORMAL;
 
 	VideoSource = FFMS_CreateVideoSource(FileNameShort.utf8_str(), TrackNumber, Index, Threads, SeekMode, &ErrInfo);
-	FFMS_DestroyIndex(Index);
-	Index = NULL;
-	if (VideoSource == NULL) {
+	if (!VideoSource)
 		throw VideoOpenError(std::string("Failed to open video track: ") + ErrInfo.Buffer);
-	}
 
 	// load video properties
 	VideoInfo = FFMS_GetVideoProperties(VideoSource);
@@ -274,14 +224,6 @@ void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::LoadVideo(wxString filename) {
 	FrameNumber = 0;
 }
 
-void FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::Close() {
-	if (VideoSource) FFMS_DestroyVideoSource(VideoSource);
-#ifdef WIN32
-	if (COMInited)
-		CoUninitialize();
-#endif
-}
-
 const AegiVideoFrame FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::GetFrame(int n) {
 	FrameNumber = mid(0, n, GetFrameCount() - 1);
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.h b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.h
index f688d2325..a19c4cfb0 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 /// @class FFmpegSourceVideoProvider
 /// @brief Implements video loading through the FFMS library.
 class FFmpegSourceVideoProvider : public VideoProvider, FFmpegSourceProvider {
-	FFMS_VideoSource *VideoSource;         ///< video source object
+	/// video source object
+	agi::scoped_holder<FFMS_VideoSource*, void (FFMS_CC*)(FFMS_VideoSource*)> VideoSource;
 	const FFMS_VideoProperties *VideoInfo; ///< video properties
 
 	int Width;                      ///< width in pixels
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ class FFmpegSourceVideoProvider : public VideoProvider, FFmpegSourceProvider {
 	int FrameNumber;                ///< current framenumber
 	std::vector<int> KeyFramesList; ///< list of keyframes
 	agi::vfr::Framerate Timecodes;  ///< vfr object
-	bool COMInited;                 ///< COM initialization state
 	wxString ColorSpace;            ///< Colorspace name
 
 	AegiVideoFrame CurFrame;        ///< current video frame
@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@ class FFmpegSourceVideoProvider : public VideoProvider, FFmpegSourceProvider {
 	FFMS_ErrorInfo ErrInfo;         ///< FFMS error codes/messages
 
 	void LoadVideo(wxString filename);
-	void Close();
 
 public:
 	FFmpegSourceVideoProvider(wxString filename);
-	~FFmpegSourceVideoProvider();
 
 	const AegiVideoFrame GetFrame(int n);