diff --git a/src/streamfile.c b/src/streamfile.c
index 3be09719..6ce0626a 100644
--- a/src/streamfile.c
+++ b/src/streamfile.c
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static size_t read_stdio(STDIO_STREAMFILE *streamfile, uint8_t *dst, off_t offse
         /* Workaround a bug that appears when compiling with MSVC (later versions).
          * This bug is deterministic and seemingly appears randomly after seeking.
          * It results in fread returning data from the wrong area of the file.
-         * HPS is one format that is almost always affected by this. */
+         * HPS is one format that is almost always affected by this.
+         * May be related/same as open_stdio's bug when using dup() */
         fseek(streamfile->infile, ftell(streamfile->infile), SEEK_SET);
 #endif
 
@@ -132,7 +133,12 @@ static STREAMFILE* open_stdio(STDIO_STREAMFILE *streamfile, const char * const f
     if (!filename)
         return NULL;
 
-#if !defined (__ANDROID__)
+#if !defined (__ANDROID__) && !defined (_MSC_VER)
+    /* when enabling this for MSVC it'll seemingly work, but there are issues possibly related to underlying
+     * IO buffers when using dup(), noticeable by re-opening the same streamfile with small buffer sizes
+     * (reads garbage). fseek bug in line 81 may be related/same thing and may be removed.
+     * this reportedly this causes issues in Android too */
+
     /* if same name, duplicate the file descriptor we already have open */
     if (streamfile->infile && !strcmp(streamfile->name,filename)) {
         int new_fd;