diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/configure.ac mpg123-1.12.1-new/configure.ac
--- mpg123-1.12.1/configure.ac	2010-03-31 10:27:37.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/configure.ac	2010-07-07 23:44:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -998,6 +998,21 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [sqrt])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([mx], [powf])
 
+# LibRCC
+AC_CHECK_LIB(rcc, rccInit,[
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(librcc.h,[
+       LIBRCC_LIBS="-lrcc"
+       LIBRCC_INCLUDES="-DHAVE_LIBRCC"
+    ],[
+       LIBRCC_LIBS=""
+       LIBRCC_INCLUDES=""
+])],[
+    LIBRCC_LIBS=""
+    LIBRCC_INCLUDES=""
+])
+AC_SUBST(LIBRCC_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBRCC_INCLUDES)
+
 # attempt to make the signal stuff work... also with GENERIC - later
 #if test x"$ac_cv_header_sys_signal_h" = xyes; then
 #	AC_CHECK_FUNCS( sigemptyset sigaddset sigprocmask sigaction )
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/id3.c mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/id3.c
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/id3.c	2010-03-31 10:27:35.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/id3.c	2010-07-07 23:51:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "mpg123lib_intern.h"
 #include "id3.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "rccpatch.h"
+
 
 #ifndef NO_ID3V2 /* Only the main parsing routine will always be there. */
 
@@ -829,6 +831,15 @@
 	size_t length = l;
 	size_t i;
 	unsigned char *p;
+	char *ctitle;
+
+	ctitle = mpg123_rcc_recode(s, l, &i);
+	if (ctitle) {
+	    convert_utf8(sb, ctitle, i, 0);
+	    free(ctitle);
+	    return;
+	}
+
 	/* determine real length, a latin1 character can at most take 2  in UTF8 */
 	for(i=0; i<l; ++i)
 	if(s[i] >= 0x80) ++length;
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/Makefile.am mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/Makefile.am
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/Makefile.am	2010-03-31 10:27:35.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/Makefile.am	2010-07-07 23:44:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 libmpg123_la_DEPENDENCIES = @DECODER_LOBJ@ @LFS_LOBJ@
 
 libmpg123_la_SOURCES = \
+	rccpatch.c \
+	rccpatch.h \
 	compat.c \
 	compat.h \
 	parse.c \
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.c mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.c
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.c	2010-07-07 23:55:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include <string.h>
+#include <librcc.h>
+#include "mpg123.h"
+
+#define ID3_CLASS 0
+#define UTF_CLASS 1
+#define OUT_CLASS 2
+static rcc_class classes[] = {
+    { "id3", RCC_CLASS_STANDARD, NULL, NULL, "ID3 Encoding", 0 },
+    { "utf", RCC_CLASS_KNOWN, "UTF-8", NULL, "Unicode Encoding", 0 },
+    { "out", RCC_CLASS_STANDARD, NULL, NULL, "Output Encoding", 0 },
+    { NULL }
+};
+
+static int rcc_initialized = 0;
+
+void mpg123_rcc_free() {
+    if (rcc_initialized) {
+       rccFree();
+       rcc_initialized = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+void mpg123_rcc_init() {
+    if (rcc_initialized) return;
+    rccInit();
+    rccInitDefaultContext(NULL, 0, 0, classes, 0);
+    rccLoad(NULL, "xmms");
+    rccInitDb4(NULL, NULL, 0);
+    rcc_initialized = 1;
+}
+
+static void mpg123_rcc_try_init() {
+    if (!rcc_initialized) {
+	mpg123_rcc_init();
+	if (rcc_initialized) atexit(mpg123_rcc_free);	
+    }
+}
+
+
+char *mpg123_rcc_recode(const char *str, size_t len, size_t *rlen) {
+    char *res;
+    mpg123_rcc_try_init();
+    return rccSizedRecode(NULL, ID3_CLASS, UTF_CLASS, str, len, rlen);
+}
+
+static void mpg123_rcc_recode_string(mpg123_string *str, rcc_class_id from, rcc_class_id to) {
+    size_t size;
+    char *res;
+    
+    if ((!str)||(str->fill<2)) return;
+    
+    mpg123_rcc_try_init();
+
+    res = rccSizedRecode(NULL, from, to, str->p, str->fill - 1, &size);
+    if (res) {
+	if (size+1>str->size) {
+	    if (!mpg123_resize_string(str, size + 1)) {
+		    // allocation failed
+		free(res);
+		return;
+	    }
+	}
+	strncpy(str->p, res, size + 1);
+	str->fill = size + 1;
+	free(res);
+    }
+}
+
+void mpg123_rcc_recode_utf_string(mpg123_string *str) {
+    mpg123_rcc_recode_string(str, UTF_CLASS, OUT_CLASS);
+}
+
+void mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(mpg123_string *str) {
+    mpg123_rcc_recode_string(str, ID3_CLASS, OUT_CLASS);
+}
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.h mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.h
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/libmpg123/rccpatch.h	2010-07-07 23:44:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+void mpg123_rcc_free();
+void mpg123_rcc_init();
+char *mpg123_rcc_recode(const char *str, size_t len, size_t *rlen);
+void mpg123_rcc_recode_utf_string(mpg123_string *str);
+void mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(mpg123_string *str);
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/Makefile.am mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/Makefile.am
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/Makefile.am	2010-03-31 10:27:36.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/Makefile.am	2010-07-07 23:46:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 ## initially written by Nicholas J. Humfrey
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DPKGLIBDIR="\"$(pkglibdir)\""
-mpg123_LDADD = $(LIBLTDL) libmpg123/libmpg123.la @MODULE_OBJ@ @OUTPUT_OBJ@ @OUTPUT_LIBS@
+mpg123_LDADD = $(LIBLTDL) libmpg123/libmpg123.la @MODULE_OBJ@ @OUTPUT_OBJ@ @OUTPUT_LIBS@ @LIBRCC_LIBS@
 mpg123_LDFLAGS = @EXEC_LT_LDFLAGS@ @OUTPUT_LDFLAGS@
 # Just mpg123_INCLUDES has no effect on build! Trying that before reverting to AM_CPPFLAGS.
-INCLUDES = $(LTDLINCL) -I$(top_builddir)/src/libmpg123 -I$(top_srcdir)/src/libmpg123
+INCLUDES = $(LTDLINCL) -I$(top_builddir)/src/libmpg123 -I$(top_srcdir)/src/libmpg123 @LIBRCC_INCLUDES@
 # libltdl is not mentioned here... it's not that trivial
 mpg123_DEPENDENCIES = @OUTPUT_OBJ@ @MODULE_OBJ@ libmpg123/libmpg123.la
 
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/metaprint.c mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/metaprint.c
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/metaprint.c	2010-03-31 10:27:36.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/metaprint.c	2010-07-07 23:54:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 	if(source == NULL) return;
 
 	if(utf8env) mpg123_copy_string(source, dest);
-	else utf8_ascii(dest, source);
+	else {
+	    mpg123_copy_string(source, dest);
+	    mpg123_rcc_recode_utf_string(dest);
+//	    utf8_ascii(dest, source);
+	}
 }
 
 /* print tags... limiting the UTF-8 to ASCII */
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@
 				strncpy(tag[TITLE].p,v1->title,30);
 				tag[TITLE].p[30] = 0;
 				tag[TITLE].fill = strlen(tag[TITLE].p) + 1;
+				mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(&tag[TITLE]);
 			}
 		}
 		if(!tag[ARTIST].fill)
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@
 				strncpy(tag[ARTIST].p,v1->artist,30);
 				tag[ARTIST].p[30] = 0;
 				tag[ARTIST].fill = strlen(tag[ARTIST].p) + 1;
+				mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(&tag[ARTIST]);
 			}
 		}
 		if(!tag[ALBUM].fill)
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@
 				strncpy(tag[ALBUM].p,v1->album,30);
 				tag[ALBUM].p[30] = 0;
 				tag[ALBUM].fill = strlen(tag[ALBUM].p) + 1;
+				mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(&tag[ALBUM]);
 			}
 		}
 		if(!tag[COMMENT].fill)
@@ -80,6 +87,7 @@
 				strncpy(tag[COMMENT].p,v1->comment,30);
 				tag[COMMENT].p[30] = 0;
 				tag[COMMENT].fill = strlen(tag[COMMENT].p) + 1;
+				mpg123_rcc_recode_latin_string(&tag[COMMENT]);
 			}
 		}
 		if(!tag[YEAR].fill)
diff -dPNur mpg123-1.12.1/src/mpg123.c mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/mpg123.c
--- mpg123-1.12.1/src/mpg123.c	2010-03-31 10:27:36.000000000 +0200
+++ mpg123-1.12.1-new/src/mpg123.c	2010-07-07 23:52:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mpg123app.h"
 #include "mpg123.h"
 #include "local.h"
+#include "rccpatch.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -973,6 +974,8 @@
 		if(param.term_ctrl)
 			term_init();
 #endif
+
+	mpg123_rcc_init();
 	while ((fname = get_next_file()))
 	{
 		char *dirname, *filename;
@@ -1132,6 +1135,8 @@
 #endif
       }
     } /* end of loop over input files */
+    mpg123_rcc_free();
+    
 	/* Ensure we played everything. */
 	if(param.smooth && param.usebuffer)
 	{