diff -burN libmms-0.6.original/src/mms.c libmms-0.6.modified/src/mms.c
--- libmms-0.6.original/src/mms.c	2010-05-31 12:13:04.000000000 +0200
+++ libmms-0.6.modified/src/mms.c	2012-06-25 12:44:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <iconv.h>
 
 /********** logging **********/
 #define lprintf(...) if (getenv("LIBMMS_DEBUG")) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -447,17 +446,21 @@
   return 1;
 }
 
-static int string_utf16(iconv_t url_conv, char *dest, char *src, int dest_len)
+static int string_utf16(char *dest, char *src, int dest_len)
 {
   char *ip = src, *op = dest;
   size_t ip_len = strlen(src);
-  size_t op_len = dest_len - 2; /* reserve 2 bytes for 0 termination */
 
-  if (iconv(url_conv, &ip, &ip_len, &op, &op_len) == (size_t)-1) {
+  if (2 * ip_len + 2 > dest_len) {
     lprintf("mms: Error converting uri to unicode: %s\n", strerror(errno));
     return 0;
   }
   
+  while (ip_len--) {
+    *op++ = *ip++;
+    *op++ = 0x00;
+  }
+  
   /* 0 terminate the string */
   *op++ = 0;
   *op++ = 0;
@@ -1012,7 +1015,6 @@
  */
 /* FIXME: got somewhat broken during xine_stream_t->(void*) conversion */
 mms_t *mms_connect (mms_io_t *io, void *data, const char *url, int bandwidth) {
-  iconv_t url_conv = (iconv_t)-1;
   mms_t  *this;
   int     res;
   uint32_t openid;
@@ -1071,12 +1073,6 @@
     goto fail;
   }
   
-  url_conv = iconv_open("UTF-16LE", "UTF-8");
-  if (url_conv == (iconv_t)-1) {
-    lprintf("mms: could not get iconv handle to convert url to unicode\n");
-    goto fail;
-  }
-
   /*
    * let the negotiations begin...
    */
@@ -1088,7 +1084,7 @@
   mms_gen_guid(this->guid);
   sprintf(this->str, "NSPlayer/7.0.0.1956; {%s}; Host: %s", this->guid,
           this->host);
-  res = string_utf16(url_conv, this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos, this->str,
+  res = string_utf16(this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos, this->str,
                      CMD_BODY_LEN - command_buffer.pos);
   if(!res)
     goto fail;
@@ -1117,7 +1113,7 @@
   mms_buffer_put_32 (&command_buffer, 0x00000000);
   mms_buffer_put_32 (&command_buffer, 0x00989680);
   mms_buffer_put_32 (&command_buffer, 0x00000002);
-  res = string_utf16(url_conv, this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos,
+  res = string_utf16(this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos,
                      "\\\\192.168.0.129\\TCP\\1037",
                      CMD_BODY_LEN - command_buffer.pos);
   if(!res)
@@ -1156,7 +1152,7 @@
     mms_buffer_put_32 (&command_buffer, 0x00000000); /* ?? */
     mms_buffer_put_32 (&command_buffer, 0x00000000); /* ?? */
 
-    res = string_utf16(url_conv, this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos,
+    res = string_utf16(this->scmd_body + command_buffer.pos,
                        this->uri, CMD_BODY_LEN - command_buffer.pos);
     if(!res)
       goto fail;
@@ -1266,7 +1262,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  iconv_close(url_conv);
   lprintf("mms: connect: passed\n");
  
   return this;
@@ -1280,8 +1275,6 @@
     gnet_uri_delete(this->guri);
   if (this->uri)
     free(this->uri);
-  if (url_conv != (iconv_t)-1)
-    iconv_close(url_conv);
 
   free (this);
   return NULL;