=== modified file 'xl/metadata/_id3.py'
--- xl/metadata/_id3.py	2009-08-25 21:35:45 +0000
+++ xl/metadata/_id3.py	2009-10-09 11:50:16 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ from mutagen import id3
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+import locale
+if str(locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]).startswith('zh'):
+    _unicode=unicode
+    def unicode(string, encoding='utf8',errors='strict'):
+        try:
+            string.decode('utf8').encode('iso8859-1')
+        except:
+            return _unicode(string)
+        string = string.decode('utf8').encode('iso8859-1')
+        for enc in ('utf8', 'gb2312', 'big5', 'gb18030', 'big5hkscs', 'euc-jp', 'euc_kr', 'cp1251', 'utf16'):
+            try:
+                return string.decode(enc)
+            except:
+                pass
+        return string
 
 class ID3Format(BaseFormat):
     MutagenType = id3.ID3