diff --git a/apps/media/lib_scanner.php b/apps/media/lib_scanner.php
index ef63cea45d..c2bea2d836 100644
--- a/apps/media/lib_scanner.php
+++ b/apps/media/lib_scanner.php
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class OC_MEDIA_SCANNER{
 			}
 			if(!self::$getID3){
 				self::$getID3=@new getID3();
+				self::$getID3->encoding='UTF-8';
 			}
 			$data=@self::$getID3->analyze($file);
 			getid3_lib::CopyTagsToComments($data);
@@ -105,21 +106,18 @@ class OC_MEDIA_SCANNER{
 				$artist='unknown';
 			}else{
 				$artist=stripslashes($data['comments']['artist'][0]);
-				$artist=utf8_encode($artist);
 			}
 			if(!isset($data['comments']['album'])){
 				OC_Log::write('media',"error reading album tag in '$file'",OC_Log::WARN);
 				$album='unknown';
 			}else{
 				$album=stripslashes($data['comments']['album'][0]);
-				$album=utf8_encode($album);
 			}
 			if(!isset($data['comments']['title'])){
 				OC_Log::write('media',"error reading title tag in '$file'",OC_Log::WARN);
 				$title='unknown';
 			}else{
 				$title=stripslashes($data['comments']['title'][0]);
-				$title=utf8_encode($title);
 			}
 			$size=$data['filesize'];
 			$track=(isset($data['comments']['track']))?$data['comments']['track'][0]:0;
@@ -150,4 +148,4 @@ class OC_MEDIA_SCANNER{
 		$ext=substr($filename,strrpos($filename,'.')+1);
 		return $ext=='mp3' || $ext=='flac' || $ext=='m4a' || $ext=='ogg' || $ext=='oga';
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}