--- /usr/lib/exaile/xl/trax/track.py	2010-04-13 09:32:37.000000000 +0800
+++ track.py	2010-07-08 01:24:28.147281810 +0800
@@ -387,10 +387,23 @@
             :param notify_changed: whether to send a signal to let other
                 parts of Exaile know there has been an update. Only set
                 this to False if you know that no other parts of Exaile
                 need to be updated.
         """
+        
+        def convert_encode(text):
+            for encode in ['gbk', 'big5', 'shift_jis']:
+                try:
+                    text = text.encode('latin').decode(encode)
+                    break
+                except:
+                    try:
+                        text = text[0:-1].encode('latin').decode(encode)
+                    except:
+                        continue
+            return text
+        
         # handle values that aren't lists
         if not isinstance(values, list):
             if not tag.startswith("__"): # internal tags dont have to be lists
                 values = [values]
 
@@ -405,11 +418,14 @@
             try:
                 del self.__tags[tag]
             except KeyError:
                 pass
         else:
-            self.__tags[tag] = values
+            if isinstance(values, list):
+                self.__tags[tag] = [convert_encode(text) for text in values]
+            else:
+                 self.__tags[tag] = values
 
         self._dirty = True
         if notify_changed:
             event.log_event("track_tags_changed", self, tag)