diff --git a/src/ezstream.c b/src/ezstream.c
index f47089a..ca62e53 100644
--- a/src/ezstream.c
+++ b/src/ezstream.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int
 setMetadata(shout_t *shout, metadata_t *mdata, char **mdata_copy)
 {
 	shout_metadata_t	*shout_mdata = NULL;
-	char			*songInfo;
+	char			*songInfo, *encSongInfo;
 	int			 ret = SHOUTERR_SUCCESS;
 
 	if (shout == NULL) {
@@ -496,7 +496,14 @@ setMetadata(shout_t *shout, metadata_t *mdata, char **mdata_copy)
 			songInfo = metadata_assemble_string(mdata);
 	}
 
-	if (shout_metadata_add(shout_mdata, "song", songInfo) != SHOUTERR_SUCCESS) {
+	if (strcmp(pezConfig->format, VORBIS_FORMAT) == 0 ||
+	    strcmp(pezConfig->format, THEORA_FORMAT) == 0)
+		encSongInfo = xstrdup(songInfo);
+	else
+		encSongInfo = UTF8toISO8859_1(songInfo, ICONV_TRANSLIT);
+
+	if (shout_metadata_add(shout_mdata, "song", (encSongInfo != NULL) ? encSongInfo : "")
+	    != SHOUTERR_SUCCESS) {
 		/* Assume SHOUTERR_MALLOC */
 		printf("%s: shout_metadata_add(): %s\n", __progname,
 		       strerror(ENOMEM));
@@ -511,6 +518,7 @@ setMetadata(shout_t *shout, metadata_t *mdata, char **mdata_copy)
 		*mdata_copy = xstrdup(songInfo);
 
 	xfree(songInfo);
+	xfree(encSongInfo);
 	return (ret);
 }
 
@@ -854,7 +862,7 @@ streamFile(shout_t *shout, const char *fileName)
 		char	*tmp, *metaData;
 
 		tmp = metadata_assemble_string(mdata);
-		metaData = utf82char(tmp);
+		metaData = UTF8toCHAR(tmp, ICONV_REPLACE);
 		xfree(tmp);
 		printf("%s: Streaming ``%s''", __progname, metaData);
 		if (vFlag)
diff --git a/src/metadata.c b/src/metadata.c
index 18ab36f..c49f771 100644
--- a/src/metadata.c
+++ b/src/metadata.c
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ metadata_use_self(metadata_t *md, FILE **filep)
 		fread(&id3tag, 1, sizeof(struct ID3Tag), *filep);
 		if (memcmp(id3tag.tag, "TAG", 3) == 0) {
 			if (strlen(id3tag.artistName) > 0)
-				md->artist = char2utf8(id3tag.artistName);
+				md->artist = CHARtoUTF8(id3tag.artistName, ICONV_REPLACE);
 			if (strlen(id3tag.trackName) > 0)
-				md->title = char2utf8(id3tag.trackName);
+				md->title = CHARtoUTF8(id3tag.trackName, ICONV_REPLACE);
 		}
 	} else if (strcmp(extension, ".ogg") == 0) {
 		OggVorbis_File	vf;
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 70a511a..6387d19 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@
 extern EZCONFIG *pezConfig;
 extern char	*__progname;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-char *	iconvert(const char *, const char *, const char *);
-#endif /* HAVE_ICONV */
+char *	iconvert(const char *, const char *, const char *, int);
 
 int
 strrcmp(const char *s, const char *sub)
@@ -227,67 +225,68 @@ stream_setup(const char *host, const int port, const char *mount)
 }
 
 char *
-char2utf8(const char *in_str)
+CHARtoUTF8(const char *in_str, int mode)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-# ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef WIN32
 	char	*codeset;
 
-#  if defined(HAVE_NL_LANGINFO) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE) && defined(CODESET)
+# if defined(HAVE_NL_LANGINFO) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE) && defined(CODESET)
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C");
-#  else
-	codeset = (char *)"";
-#  endif /* HAVE_NL_LANGINFO && HAVE_SETLOCALE */
 # else
+	codeset = (char *)"";
+# endif /* HAVE_NL_LANGINFO && HAVE_SETLOCALE */
+#else
 	char	 codeset[24];
 
 	snprintf(codeset, sizeof(codeset), "CP%u", GetACP());
-# endif /* !WIN32 */
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
 
 	if (in_str == NULL || strlen(in_str) == 0)
 		return (NULL);
 
-	return (iconvert(in_str, codeset, "UTF-8"));
-#else
-	return (xstrdup(in_str));
-#endif /* HAVE_ICONV */
+	return (iconvert(in_str, codeset, "UTF-8", mode));
 }
 
 char *
-utf82char(const char *in_str)
+UTF8toCHAR(const char *in_str, int mode)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-# ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef WIN32
 	char	*codeset;
 
-#  if defined(HAVE_NL_LANGINFO) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE) && defined(CODESET)
+# if defined(HAVE_NL_LANGINFO) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE) && defined(CODESET)
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C");
-#  else
-	codeset = (char *)"";
-#  endif /* HAVE_NL_LANGINFO && HAVE_SETLOCALE */
 # else
+	codeset = (char *)"";
+# endif /* HAVE_NL_LANGINFO && HAVE_SETLOCALE */
+#else
 	char	 codeset[24];
 
 	snprintf(codeset, sizeof(codeset), "CP%u", GetACP());
-# endif /* !WIN32 */
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
 
 	if (in_str == NULL || strlen(in_str) == 0)
 		return (NULL);
 
-	return (iconvert(in_str, "UTF-8", codeset));
-#else
-	return (xstrdup(in_str));
-#endif /* HAVE_ICONV */
+	return (iconvert(in_str, "UTF-8", codeset, mode));
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
 char *
-iconvert(const char *in_str, const char *from, const char *to)
+UTF8toISO8859_1(const char *in_str, int mode)
 {
+	if (in_str == NULL || strlen(in_str) == 0)
+		return (NULL);
+
+	return (iconvert(in_str, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", mode));
+}
+
+char *
+iconvert(const char *in_str, const char *from, const char *to, int mode)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
 	iconv_t 		 cd;
 	ICONV_CONST char	*input, *ip;
 	size_t			 input_len;
@@ -296,9 +295,31 @@ iconvert(const char *in_str, const char *from, const char *to)
 	char			 buf[BUFSIZ], *bp;
 	size_t			 bufavail;
 	size_t			 out_pos;
+	char			*tocode;
 
-	if ((cd = iconv_open(to, from)) == (iconv_t)-1 &&
+	switch (mode) {
+		size_t	siz;
+
+	case ICONV_TRANSLIT:
+		siz = strlen(to) + strlen("//TRANSLIT") + 1;
+		tocode = xcalloc(siz, sizeof(char));
+		snprintf(tocode, siz, "%s//TRANSLIT", to);
+		break;
+	case ICONV_IGNORE:
+		siz = strlen(to) + strlen("//IGNORE") + 1;
+		tocode = xcalloc(siz, sizeof(char));
+		snprintf(tocode, siz, "%s//IGNORE", to);
+		break;
+	case ICONV_REPLACE:
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
+	default:
+		tocode = xstrdup(to);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if ((cd = iconv_open(tocode, from)) == (iconv_t)-1 &&
 	    (cd = iconv_open("", from)) == (iconv_t)-1) {
+		xfree(tocode);
 		printf("%s: iconv_open(): %s\n", strerror(errno), __progname);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
@@ -340,9 +361,13 @@ iconvert(const char *in_str, const char *from, const char *to)
 	if (iconv_close(cd) == -1) {
 		printf("%s: iconv_close(): %s\n", strerror(errno), __progname);
 		xfree(output);
+		xfree(tocode);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 
+	xfree(tocode);
 	return (output);
-}
+#else
+	return (xstrdup(in_str));
 #endif /* HAVE_ICONV */
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index b4c4bd5..bec18a2 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
 #ifndef __UTIL_H__
 #define __UTIL_H__
 
+#define ICONV_REPLACE		0
+#define ICONV_TRANSLIT		1
+#define ICONV_IGNORE		2
+
 int		strrcmp(const char *, const char *);
 int		strrcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
 shout_t *	stream_setup(const char *, const int, const char *);
-char *		char2utf8(const char *);
-char *		utf82char(const char *);
+char *		CHARtoUTF8(const char *, int);
+char *		UTF8toCHAR(const char *, int);
+char *		UTF8toISO8859_1(const char *, int);
 
 #endif /* __UTIL_H__ */