diff -dPNur xmms-1.2.11/Input/mpg123/mpg123.c xmms-1.2.11-new/Input/mpg123/mpg123.c
--- xmms-1.2.11/Input/mpg123/mpg123.c	2007-11-24 23:53:33.000000000 +0100
+++ xmms-1.2.11-new/Input/mpg123/mpg123.c	2007-11-24 23:55:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "id3_header.h"
 #include "libxmms/configfile.h"
 #include "libxmms/titlestring.h"
+#include "libxmms/charset.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -400,6 +401,14 @@
 	return ext;
 }
 
+static char *convert_id3v1_field(const char *v1field, unsigned len)
+{
+	char *tmp = g_strndup(v1field, len);
+	char *v2field = xmms_charset_from_latin1(g_strstrip(tmp));
+	g_free(tmp);
+	return v2field;
+}
+
 /*
  * Function id3v1_to_id3v2 (v1, v2)
  *
@@ -411,10 +420,10 @@
 	char *year;
 	struct id3v2tag_t *v2 = g_malloc0(sizeof (struct id3v2tag_t));
 
-	v2->title = g_strstrip(g_strndup(v1->title, 30));
-	v2->artist = g_strstrip(g_strndup(v1->artist, 30));
-	v2->album = g_strstrip(g_strndup(v1->album, 30));
-	v2->comment = g_strstrip(g_strndup(v1->u.v1_0.comment, 30));
+ 	v2->title = convert_id3v1_field(v1->title, 30);
+ 	v2->artist = convert_id3v1_field(v1->artist, 30);
+ 	v2->album = convert_id3v1_field(v1->album, 30);
+ 	v2->comment = convert_id3v1_field(v1->u.v1_0.comment, 30);
 	v2->genre = g_strstrip(g_strdup(mpg123_get_id3_genre(v1->genre)));
 	
 	year = g_strndup(v1->year, 4);