diff -dPNur zinf-2.2.5/plm/metadata/id3lib/id3lib.cpp zinf-2.2.5-new/plm/metadata/id3lib/id3lib.cpp
--- zinf-2.2.5/plm/metadata/id3lib/id3lib.cpp	2004-01-30 13:06:02.000000000 +0100
+++ zinf-2.2.5-new/plm/metadata/id3lib/id3lib.cpp	2005-07-19 23:08:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -321,16 +321,8 @@
       if (field) 
         if (field->Get (buffer, sizeof buffer) > 0) {
 #ifdef HAVE_GLIB
-	  if (g_utf8_validate (buffer, -1 , NULL)){
 	    result = buffer;
 	    return true;
-	  }
-	  else {
-	    utfbuffer=g_convert(buffer, sizeof buffer, "UTF-8", charset.c_str(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	    result=utfbuffer;
-	    g_free(utfbuffer);
-	    return true;
-	  }
 #else
 	   result=buffer;
 	   return true;