diff -Nur grip-3.1.2.orig/src/cdplay.c grip-3.1.2/src/cdplay.c
--- grip-3.1.2.orig/src/cdplay.c	2003-10-02 04:34:09 +0400
+++ grip-3.1.2/src/cdplay.c	2003-10-31 02:29:04 +0300
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
   gboolean success=FALSE;
   DiscInfo *disc;
   DiscData *ddata;
+  char *utf8_lartist, *utf8_ltitle;
 
   disc=&(ginfo->disc);
   ddata=&(ginfo->ddata);
@@ -211,9 +212,14 @@
     switch(query.query_match) {
     case MATCH_INEXACT:
     case MATCH_EXACT:
+      utf8_lartist=g_convert(query.query_list[0].list_artist,-1,
+                             "utf-8",ginfo->discdb_encoding,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+      utf8_ltitle=g_convert(query.query_list[0].list_title,-1,
+                            "utf-8",ginfo->discdb_encoding,NULL,NULL,NULL);
       LogStatus(ginfo,_("Match for \"%s / %s\"\nDownloading data...\n"),
-		query.query_list[0].list_artist,
-		query.query_list[0].list_title);
+		utf8_lartist, utf8_ltitle);
+      g_free(utf8_lartist);
+      g_free(utf8_ltitle);
       entry.entry_genre = query.query_list[0].list_genre;
       entry.entry_id = query.query_list[0].list_id;
       DiscDBRead(disc,server,&hello,&entry,ddata);
diff -Nur grip-3.1.2.orig/src/rip.c grip-3.1.2/src/rip.c
--- grip-3.1.2.orig/src/rip.c	2003-10-02 05:51:17 +0400
+++ grip-3.1.2/src/rip.c	2003-10-31 03:02:04 +0300
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@
   gfloat elapsed=0;
   gfloat speed;
   gboolean result=FALSE;
+  char *conv_str;
 
   uinfo=&(ginfo->gui_info);
 
@@ -977,8 +978,10 @@
 
         if(!ginfo->stop_encode) {
 	  if(ginfo->delete_wavs) {
-	    LogStatus(ginfo,_("Deleting [%s]\n"),
-		      ginfo->rip_delete_file[mycpu]);
+            conv_str=g_convert(ginfo->rip_delete_file[mycpu],-1,
+                               "utf-8",ginfo->fs_encoding,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+	    LogStatus(ginfo,_("Deleting [%s]\n"),conv_str);
+            g_free(conv_str);
 	    unlink(ginfo->rip_delete_file[mycpu]);
 	  }
 
@@ -1345,7 +1348,7 @@
   struct stat mystat;
   GString *str;
   EncodeTrack enc_track;
-  char *conv_str;
+  char *conv_str, *utf8_ripfile;
   gsize rb,wb;
 
   uinfo=&(ginfo->gui_info);
@@ -1415,8 +1418,10 @@
       sleep(5);
     }
 
+    utf8_ripfile=g_convert(ginfo->ripfile,-1,"utf-8",ginfo->discdb_encoding,
+                       NULL,NULL,NULL);
     LogStatus(ginfo,_("Ripping track %d to %s\n"),
-	      ginfo->rip_track+1,ginfo->ripfile);
+	      ginfo->rip_track+1,utf8_ripfile);
 
     ginfo->rip_started = time(NULL);
     sprintf(tmp,_("Rip: Trk %d (0.0x)"),ginfo->rip_track+1);
@@ -1425,7 +1430,8 @@
     if(stat(ginfo->ripfile,&mystat)>=0) {
       if(mystat.st_size == ginfo->ripsize) { 
 	LogStatus(ginfo,_("File %s has already been ripped. Skipping...\n"),\
-	      ginfo->ripfile);
+	          utf8_ripfile);
+        g_free(utf8_ripfile);
 	if(ginfo->doencode) ginfo->num_wavs++;
 	ginfo->ripping=TRUE;
 	ginfo->ripping_a_disc=TRUE;
@@ -1435,6 +1441,7 @@
       }
       else unlink(ginfo->ripfile);
     }
+    g_free(utf8_ripfile);
 
     bytesleft=BytesLeftInFS(ginfo->ripfile);
 
@@ -1662,7 +1669,10 @@
   
   bytesleft=BytesLeftInFS(ginfo->mp3file[cpu]);
   
-  LogStatus(ginfo,_("%i: Encoding to %s\n"),cpu+1,ginfo->mp3file[cpu]);
+  conv_str=g_convert(ginfo->mp3file[cpu],-1,"utf-8",ginfo->discdb_encoding,
+                     NULL,NULL,NULL);
+  LogStatus(ginfo,_("%i: Encoding to %s\n"),cpu+1,conv_str);
+  g_free(conv_str);
   
   sprintf(tmp,_("Enc: Trk %d (0.0x)"),encode_track+1);
   gtk_label_set(GTK_LABEL(uinfo->mp3_prog_label[cpu]),tmp);
diff -Nur grip-3.1.2.orig/src/status_window.c grip-3.1.2/src/status_window.c
--- grip-3.1.2.orig/src/status_window.c	2003-10-02 05:15:56 +0400
+++ grip-3.1.2/src/status_window.c	2003-10-31 03:18:15 +0300
@@ -82,13 +82,19 @@
 /* Write a line of output to a status window */
 void StatusWindowWrite(StatusWindow *sw,char *msg)
 {
-  char *buf;
+  char *buf, *locale_msg;
   int len;
   int pos=0;
 
   /*  gtk_widget_queue_resize(sw->term_widget);*/
 
-  len=strlen(msg);
+  if(g_utf8_validate(msg,-1,NULL)) {
+    locale_msg=g_locale_from_utf8(msg,-1,NULL,&len,NULL);
+    msg=locale_msg;
+  }
+  else {
+    len=strlen(msg);
+  }
 
   buf=(char *)malloc((len*2)+1);
 
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@
   }
   
   buf[pos]='\0';
+  g_free(locale_msg);
 
   /*  zvt_term_feed((ZvtTerm *)sw->term_widget,buf,strlen(buf));*/