written by lucida(lucida@lucida.et8.net) 2004/04/15
--- kdemultimedia.orig/kfile-plugins/mp3/kfile_mp3.cpp	2004-04-14 02:25:24.000000000 -0700
+++ kdemultimedia/kfile-plugins/mp3/kfile_mp3.cpp	2004-04-14 02:29:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 }
 #undef __MAIN
 #endif
+#define MyQStringToTString(s) TagLib::String(s.local8Bit().data(), TagLib::String::Latin1)
 
 typedef KGenericFactory<KMp3Plugin> Mp3Factory;
 
@@ -154,13 +155,13 @@
         QString date  = file.tag()->year() > 0 ? QString::number(file.tag()->year()) : QString::null;
         QString track = file.tag()->track() > 0 ? QString::number(file.tag()->track()) : QString::null;
 
-        appendItem(id3group, "Title",       TStringToQString(file.tag()->title()));
-        appendItem(id3group, "Artist",      TStringToQString(file.tag()->artist()));
-        appendItem(id3group, "Album",       TStringToQString(file.tag()->album()));
+        appendItem(id3group, "Title",       QString::fromLocal8Bit(TStringToQString( file.tag()->title() ).latin1()).stripWhiteSpace());
+        appendItem(id3group, "Artist",      QString::fromLocal8Bit(TStringToQString( file.tag()->artist() ).latin1()).stripWhiteSpace());
+        appendItem(id3group, "Album",       QString::fromLocal8Bit(TStringToQString( file.tag()->album() ).latin1()).stripWhiteSpace());
         appendItem(id3group, "Date",        date);
-        appendItem(id3group, "Comment",     TStringToQString(file.tag()->comment()));
+        appendItem(id3group, "Comment",     QString::fromLocal8Bit(TStringToQString( file.tag()->comment() ).latin1()).stripWhiteSpace());
         appendItem(id3group, "Tracknumber", track);
-        appendItem(id3group, "Genre",       TStringToQString(file.tag()->genre()));
+        appendItem(id3group, "Genre",       QString::fromLocal8Bit(TStringToQString( file.tag()->genre() ).latin1()).stripWhiteSpace());
     }
 
     if(readTech) {
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@
     Translator(const KFileMetaInfo &info) : m_info(info) {}
     TagLib::String operator[](const char *key) const
     {
-        return QStringToTString(m_info["id3"][key].value().toString());
+        return MyQStringToTString(m_info["id3"][key].value().toString());
     }
     int toInt(const char *key) const
     {