diff --git a/stream/filters/slice_stream.h b/stream/filters/slice_stream.h
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+++ b/stream/filters/slice_stream.h
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+#ifndef MANGLE_STREAM_SLICE_H
+#define MANGLE_STREAM_SLICE_H
+
+#include "../stream.h"
+
+namespace Mangle {
+namespace Stream {
+
+/** A Stream that represents a subset (called a slice) of another stream.
+ */
+class SliceStream : public Stream
+{
+  Stream *src;
+  size_t offset, length, pos;
+
+ public:
+  SliceStream(Stream *_src, size_t _offset, size_t _length)
+    : src(_src), offset(_offset), length(_length), pos(0)
+    {
+      assert(src->hasSize);
+      assert(src->isSeekable);
+
+      // Make sure we can actually fit inside the source stream
+      assert(src->size() <= offset+length);
+    }
+
+  size_t read(void *buf, size_t count)
+  {
+    // Check that we're not reading past our slice
+    if(count > length-pos)
+      count = length-pos;
+
+    // Seek into place and reading
+    src->seek(offset+pos);
+    count = src->read(buf, count);
+
+    pos += count;
+    assert(pos <= length);
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  void seek(size_t _pos)
+  {
+    pos = _pos;
+    if(pos > length) pos = length;
+  }
+
+  bool eof() { return pos == length; }
+  size_t tell() { return pos; }
+  size_t size() { return length; }
+};
+
+}} // namespaces
+#endif
diff --git a/stream/servers/file_stream.h b/stream/servers/file_stream.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/stream/servers/file_stream.h
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+#ifndef MANGLE_STREAM_FILESERVER_H
+#define MANGLE_STREAM_FILESERVER_H
+
+#include "std_stream.h"
+#include <fstream>
+
+namespace Mangle {
+namespace Stream {
+
+/** Very simple file input stream, based on std::ifstream
+ */
+class FileStream : public StdStream
+{
+  std::ifstream file;
+
+ public:
+  FileStream(const std::string &name)
+    : StdStream(&file)
+    {
+      file.open(name, ios::binary);
+    }
+  ~FileStream() { file.close(); }
+};
+
+}} // namespaces
+#endif
diff --git a/stream/servers/std_stream.h b/stream/servers/std_stream.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/stream/servers/std_stream.h
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+#ifndef MANGLE_STREAM_FILESERVER_H
+#define MANGLE_STREAM_FILESERVER_H
+
+#include "../stream.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace Mangle {
+namespace Stream {
+
+/** Simplest wrapper for std::istream.
+
+    TODO: No error checking yet.
+ */
+class StdStream : public Stream
+{
+  std::istream *inf;
+
+ public:
+ StdStream(std::istream *_inf)
+   : inf(_inf)
+  {
+    isSeekable = true;
+    hasPosition = true;
+    hasSize = true;
+  }
+
+  size_t read(void* buf, size_t len)
+  {
+    inf->read((char*)buf, len);
+    return inf->gcount();
+  }
+
+  void seek(size_t pos)
+  { inf->seekg(pos); }
+
+  size_t tell() const
+  // Hack around the fact that ifstream->tellg() isn't const
+  { return ((StdStream*)this)->inf->tellg(); }
+
+  size_t size() const
+  {
+    // Use the standard iostream size hack, terrible as it is.
+    std::streampos pos = inf->tellg();
+    inf->seekg(0, ios_base::end);
+    size_t res = inf->tellg();
+    inf->seekg(pos);
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  bool eof() const
+  { return inf->eof(); }
+};
+
+}} // namespaces
+#endif