diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ChapterReader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ChapterReader.java
index a04763bcd..f897f886c 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ChapterReader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ChapterReader.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package de.danoeh.antennapod.util.id3reader;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -67,7 +68,10 @@ public class ChapterReader extends ID3Reader {
                 int descriptionLength = readString(null, input, header.getSize());
                 StringBuffer link = new StringBuffer();
                 readISOString(link, input, header.getSize() - descriptionLength);
-                currentChapter.setLink(link.toString());
+                String decodedLink = URLDecoder.decode(link.toString(), "UTF-8");
+
+                currentChapter.setLink(decodedLink);
+
                 if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Found link: " + currentChapter.getLink());
                 return ID3Reader.ACTION_DONT_SKIP;
             }
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ID3Reader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ID3Reader.java
index 8541d667d..92f817363 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ID3Reader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/ID3Reader.java
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ public class ID3Reader {
 
 	protected int readerPosition;
 
-	private static final byte ENCODING_UNICODE = 1;
+	private static final byte ENCODING_UTF16_WITH_BOM = 1;
+    private static final byte ENCODING_UTF16_WITHOUT_BOM = 2;
+    private static final byte ENCODING_UTF8 = 3;
+
+    private TagHeader tagHeader;
 
 	public ID3Reader() {
 	}
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ public class ID3Reader {
 		int rc;
 		readerPosition = 0;
 		char[] tagHeaderSource = readBytes(input, HEADER_LENGTH);
-		TagHeader tagHeader = createTagHeader(tagHeaderSource);
+		tagHeader = createTagHeader(tagHeaderSource);
 		if (tagHeader == null) {
 			onNoTagHeaderFound();
 		} else {
@@ -124,12 +128,12 @@ public class ID3Reader {
 					+ HEADER_LENGTH);
 		}
 		if (hasTag) {
-			String id = null;
-			id = new String(source, 0, ID3_LENGTH);
+			String id = new String(source, 0, ID3_LENGTH);
 			char version = (char) ((source[3] << 8) | source[4]);
 			byte flags = (byte) source[5];
 			int size = (source[6] << 24) | (source[7] << 16) | (source[8] << 8)
 					| source[9];
+            size = unsynchsafe(size);
 			return new TagHeader(id, size, version, flags);
 		} else {
 			return null;
@@ -142,23 +146,41 @@ public class ID3Reader {
 			throw new ID3ReaderException("Length of header must be "
 					+ HEADER_LENGTH);
 		}
-		String id = null;
-		id = new String(source, 0, FRAME_ID_LENGTH);
-		int size = (((int) source[4]) << 24) | (((int) source[5]) << 16)
-				| (((int) source[6]) << 8) | source[7];
+		String id = new String(source, 0, FRAME_ID_LENGTH);
+
+        int size = (((int) source[4]) << 24) | (((int) source[5]) << 16)
+                    | (((int) source[6]) << 8) | source[7];
+        if (tagHeader != null && tagHeader.getVersion() >= 0x0400) {
+            size = unsynchsafe(size);
+        }
 		char flags = (char) ((source[8] << 8) | source[9]);
 		return new FrameHeader(id, size, flags);
 	}
 
+    private int unsynchsafe(int in) {
+        int out = 0;
+        int mask = 0x7F000000;
+
+        while (mask != 0) {
+            out >>= 1;
+            out |= in & mask;
+            mask >>= 8;
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+
 	protected int readString(StringBuffer buffer, InputStream input, int max) throws IOException,
 			ID3ReaderException {
 		if (max > 0) {
 			char[] encoding = readBytes(input, 1);
 			max--;
 			
-			if (encoding[0] == ENCODING_UNICODE) {
-				return readUnicodeString(buffer, input, max) + 1; // take encoding byte into account
-			} else {
+			if (encoding[0] == ENCODING_UTF16_WITH_BOM || encoding[0] == ENCODING_UTF16_WITHOUT_BOM) {
+                return readUnicodeString(buffer, input, max, Charset.forName("UTF-16")) + 1; // take encoding byte into account
+			} else if (encoding[0] == ENCODING_UTF8) {
+                return readUnicodeString(buffer, input, max, Charset.forName("UTF-8")) + 1; // take encoding byte into account
+            } else {
 				return readISOString(buffer, input, max) + 1; // take encoding byte into account
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -182,7 +204,7 @@ public class ID3Reader {
 		return bytesRead;
 	}
 
-	private int readUnicodeString(StringBuffer strBuffer, InputStream input, int max)
+	private int readUnicodeString(StringBuffer strBuffer, InputStream input, int max, Charset charset)
 			throws IOException, ID3ReaderException {
 		byte[] buffer = new byte[max];
         int c, cZero = -1;
@@ -203,7 +225,6 @@ public class ID3Reader {
                 cZero = -1;
             }
         }
-		Charset charset = Charset.forName("UTF-16");
         if (strBuffer != null) {
 		    strBuffer.append(charset.newDecoder().decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(buffer)).toString());
         }
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/model/FrameHeader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/model/FrameHeader.java
index 2c0d8e5ba..df73393a5 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/model/FrameHeader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/id3reader/model/FrameHeader.java
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ public class FrameHeader extends Header {
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "FrameHeader [flags=" + Integer.toString(flags) + ", id=" + id + ", size=" + size
-				+ "]";
-	}
+        return String.format("FrameHeader [flags=%s, id=%s, size=%s]", Integer.toBinaryString(flags), id, Integer.toBinaryString(size));
+    }
 
 }