From: Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@...0nspark.com>
Date: 2005-10-02T11:12:34+09:00
Subject: Iconv.iconv and Windows XP

I am trying to use the ruby-mp3info library on Windows XP and all is well unless 
the tags have some Unicode in them. I installed GNU libiconv 1.9.1 and the 
iconv.so file using the instructions found here:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/iconv

I get an exception, though, when I try using it. Here is the relevant code and 
the error:

       require "iconv"

       #strip byte-order bytes if they exists
       data[0..3] =~ /^[\xff\xfe]+$/ and data = data[2..-1]

       data = Iconv.iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UNICODE", data)[0]

--

#<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UNICODE")>

I am totally lost on this ... any ideas? Also is there any kind of alternative 
to iconv on Windows?

Thanks,
Tim