--- ./src/io_helpers.cpp	Sun Mar  2 00:23:00 2003
+++ ../id3lib-3.8.3-patched/./src/io_helpers.cpp	Mon Jan  8 03:24:05 2007
@@ -365,7 +365,11 @@
     writer.writeChars((const unsigned char*) &BOM, 2);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i += 2)
     {
-      unicode_t ch = (data[i] << 8) | data[i+1];
+      if((unsigned char)data[i] == 0xff && (unsigned char)data[i+1] == 0xfe)
+        continue;
+      if((unsigned char)data[i] == 0xfe && (unsigned char)data[i+1] == 0xff)
+        continue;
+      unicode_t ch = (data[i+1] << 8) | data[i];
       writer.writeChars((const unsigned char*) &ch, 2);
     }
   }