diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 231a8795..627f93f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "c2pa-python"
-version = "0.32.11"
+version = "0.32.12"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Python bindings for the C2PA Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) library"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
diff --git a/src/c2pa/c2pa.py b/src/c2pa/c2pa.py
index 4ada020d..c33450dc 100644
--- a/src/c2pa/c2pa.py
+++ b/src/c2pa/c2pa.py
@@ -1812,7 +1812,17 @@ def read_callback(ctx, data, length):
                 if not data or length <= 0:
                     return -1
 
-                buffer = self._file_like_stream.read(length)
+                stream = self._file_like_stream
+                readinto = getattr(stream, "readinto", None)
+                if readinto is not None:
+                    # Most streams have readinto
+                    buf = (ctypes.c_char * length).from_address(
+                        ctypes.addressof(data.contents))
+                    n = readinto(buf)
+                    return n if n else 0
+
+                # Fallback for streams without readinto.
+                buffer = stream.read(length)
                 if not buffer:  # EOF
                     return 0
 
@@ -1846,8 +1856,10 @@ def seek_callback(ctx, offset, whence):
             if not self._initialized or self._closed:
                 return -1
             try:
-                file_stream.seek(offset, whence)
-                return file_stream.tell()
+                # Fall back to tell() only for stream objects that do not
+                # return the new absolute position and return None.
+                pos = file_stream.seek(offset, whence)
+                return pos if pos is not None else file_stream.tell()
             except Exception:
                 return -1