frontend/audio.c           | 11 +++++-
 frontend/main.c            | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 frontend/unicode_support.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 frontend/unicode_support.h | 21 ++++++++++
 include/neaacdec.h         |  6 +--
 5 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/audio.c b/frontend/audio.c
index 067ac20..a502c6e 100644
--- a/frontend/audio.c
+++ b/frontend/audio.c
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <neaacdec.h>
 #include "audio.h"
+#include "unicode_support.h"
 
 
 audio_file *open_audio_file(char *infile, int samplerate, int channels,
                             int outputFormat, int fileType, long channelMask)
 {
+    wchar_t *fileNameW;
+
     audio_file *aufile = malloc(sizeof(audio_file));
 
     aufile->outputFormat = outputFormat;
@@ -78,7 +81,13 @@ audio_file *open_audio_file(char *infile, int samplerate, int channels,
         aufile->toStdio = 1;
     } else {
         aufile->toStdio = 0;
-        aufile->sndfile = fopen(infile, "wb");
+        aufile->sndfile = NULL;
+        fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(infile);
+        if(fileNameW)
+        {
+            aufile->sndfile = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"wb");
+            free(fileNameW);
+        }
     }
 
     if (aufile->sndfile == NULL)
diff --git a/frontend/main.c b/frontend/main.c
index 04e2058..01a5b7a 100644
--- a/frontend/main.c
+++ b/frontend/main.c
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <io.h>
 
 #include <neaacdec.h>
 #include <mp4ff.h>
 
 #include "audio.h"
+#include "unicode_support.h"
 
 #ifndef min
 #define min(a,b) ( (a) < (b) ? (a) : (b) )
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ static void faad_fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...)
         vfprintf(stream, fmt, ap);
 
         va_end(ap);
+
+        fflush(stream);
     }
 }
 
@@ -443,7 +447,7 @@ static int decodeAACfile(char *aacfile, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
     NeAACDecFrameInfo frameInfo;
     NeAACDecConfigurationPtr config;
 
-    char percents[200];
+    char percents[300];
     int percent, old_percent = -1;
     int bread, fileread;
     int header_type = 0;
@@ -456,11 +460,19 @@ static int decodeAACfile(char *aacfile, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
 
     aac_buffer b;
 
+    wchar_t *fileNameW;
+
     memset(&b, 0, sizeof(aac_buffer));
 
     if (adts_out)
     {
-        adtsFile = fopen(adts_fn, "wb");
+        adtsFile = NULL;
+        fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(adts_fn);
+        if(fileNameW)
+        {
+            adtsFile = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"wb");
+            free(fileNameW);
+        }
         if (adtsFile == NULL)
         {
             faad_fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", adts_fn);
@@ -470,20 +482,26 @@ static int decodeAACfile(char *aacfile, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
 
     if (0 == strcmp(aacfile, "-"))
     {
-	b.infile = stdin;
+        b.infile = stdin;
 #ifdef _WIN32
         setmode(fileno(stdin), O_BINARY);
 #endif
-
-    } else
+    }
+    else
     {
-    	b.infile = fopen(aacfile, "rb");
-    	if (b.infile == NULL)
-    	{
-    	    /* unable to open file */
-    	    faad_fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", aacfile);
-    	    return 1;
-    	}
+        b.infile = NULL;
+        fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(aacfile);
+        if(fileNameW)
+        {
+            b.infile = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"rb");
+            free(fileNameW);
+        }
+        if (b.infile == NULL)
+        {
+            /* unable to open file */
+            faad_fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", aacfile);
+            return 1;
+        }
     }
 
     retval = fseek(b.infile, 0, SEEK_END);
@@ -708,7 +726,7 @@ static int decodeAACfile(char *aacfile, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
         if (percent > old_percent)
         {
             old_percent = percent;
-            sprintf(percents, "%d%% decoding %s.", percent, aacfile);
+            _snprintf_s(percents, 300, _TRUNCATE, "[%d%%] decoding %s.", percent, aacfile);
             faad_fprintf(stderr, "%s\r", percents);
 #ifdef _WIN32
             SetConsoleTitle(percents);
@@ -810,7 +828,7 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
     unsigned char *buffer;
     int buffer_size;
 
-    char percents[200];
+    char percents[300];
     int percent, old_percent = -1;
 
     int first_time = 1;
@@ -821,6 +839,7 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
     unsigned int framesize;
     unsigned long timescale;
 
+    wchar_t *fileNameW;
 
     /* initialise the callback structure */
     mp4ff_callback_t *mp4cb = malloc(sizeof(mp4ff_callback_t));
@@ -830,7 +849,14 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
         return 1;
     }
 
-    mp4File = fopen(mp4file, "rb");
+    mp4File = NULL;
+    fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(mp4file);
+    if(fileNameW)
+    {
+        mp4File = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"rb");
+        free(fileNameW);
+    }
+
     mp4cb->read = read_callback;
     mp4cb->seek = seek_callback;
     mp4cb->user_data = mp4File;
@@ -847,7 +873,13 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
 
     if (adts_out)
     {
-        adtsFile = fopen(adts_fn, "wb");
+        adtsFile = NULL;
+        fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(adts_fn);
+        if(fileNameW)
+        {
+            adtsFile = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"wb");
+            free(fileNameW);
+        }
         if (adtsFile == NULL)
         {
             faad_fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", adts_fn);
@@ -1053,7 +1085,7 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
         if (percent > old_percent)
         {
             old_percent = percent;
-            sprintf(percents, "%d%% decoding %s.", percent, mp4file);
+            _snprintf_s(percents, 300, _TRUNCATE, "[%d%%] decoding %s.", percent, mp4file);
             faad_fprintf(stderr, "%s\r", percents);
 #ifdef _WIN32
             SetConsoleTitle(percents);
@@ -1091,7 +1123,7 @@ static int decodeMP4file(char *mp4file, char *sndfile, char *adts_fn, int to_std
     return frameInfo.error;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int faad_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int result;
     int infoOnly = 0;
@@ -1115,6 +1147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     unsigned char header[8];
     float length = 0;
     FILE *hMP4File;
+    wchar_t *fileNameW;
 
 /* System dependant types */
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -1345,7 +1378,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     } else {
 
     	mp4file = 0;
-    	hMP4File = fopen(aacFileName, "rb");
+    	hMP4File = NULL;
+    	fileNameW = utf8_to_utf16(aacFileName);
+    	if(fileNameW)
+    	{
+    		hMP4File = _wfopen(fileNameW, L"rb");
+    		free(fileNameW);
+    	}
     	if (!hMP4File)
     	{
     	    faad_fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", aacFileName);
@@ -1408,3 +1447,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+int wmain(int argc, wchar_t **argv_utf16)
+{
+    int result = 0;
+    char **argv_utf8 = NULL;
+
+    init_commandline_arguments_utf8(argc, &argv_utf8, argv_utf16);
+    result = faad_main(argc, argv_utf8);
+    free_commandline_arguments_utf8(argc, &argv_utf8);
+  
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/unicode_support.c b/frontend/unicode_support.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21ecd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/unicode_support.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#include "unicode_support.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+char *utf16_to_utf8(const wchar_t *input)
+{
+	char *Buffer;
+	int BuffSize, Result;
+
+	BuffSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, input, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	Buffer = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) * BuffSize);
+	
+	if(!Buffer)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error in utf16_to_utf8: Memory allocation failed!\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	Result = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, input, -1, Buffer, BuffSize, NULL, NULL);
+	return ((Result > 0) && (Result <= BuffSize)) ? Buffer : NULL;
+}
+
+wchar_t *utf8_to_utf16(const char *input)
+{
+	wchar_t *Buffer;
+	int BuffSize, Result;
+
+	BuffSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, input, -1, NULL, 0);
+	Buffer = (wchar_t*) malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * BuffSize);
+
+	if(!Buffer)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error in utf8_to_utf16: Memory allocation failed!\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	Result = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, input, -1, Buffer, BuffSize);
+	return ((Result > 0) && (Result <= BuffSize)) ? Buffer : NULL;
+}
+
+void init_commandline_arguments_utf8(int argc, char ***argv_utf8, wchar_t **argv_utf16)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	
+	*argv_utf8 = (char**) malloc(argc * sizeof(char*));
+	if(!(*argv_utf8))
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error in init_commandline_arguments_utf8: Memory allocation failed!\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+	
+	for(i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+	{
+		(*argv_utf8)[i] = utf16_to_utf8(argv_utf16[i]);
+		if(!(*argv_utf8)[i])
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error in init_commandline_arguments_utf8: Memory allocation failed!\n");
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void free_commandline_arguments_utf8(int argc, char ***argv_utf8)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	
+	if(*argv_utf8 != NULL)
+	{
+		for(i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		{
+			if((*argv_utf8)[i] != NULL)
+			{
+				free((*argv_utf8)[i]);
+				(*argv_utf8)[i] = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+		free(*argv_utf8);
+		*argv_utf8 = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+FILE *fopen_utf8(const char *filename_utf8, const char *mode_utf8)
+{
+	FILE *ret = NULL;
+	wchar_t *filename_utf16 = utf8_to_utf16(filename_utf8);
+	wchar_t *mode_utf16 = utf8_to_utf16(mode_utf8);
+	
+	if(filename_utf16 && mode_utf16)
+	{
+		ret = _wfopen(filename_utf16, mode_utf16);
+	}
+
+	if(filename_utf16) free(filename_utf16);
+	if(mode_utf16) free(mode_utf16);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/unicode_support.h b/frontend/unicode_support.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc13fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/unicode_support.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef UNICODE_SUPPORT_H_INCLUDED
+#define UNICODE_SUPPORT_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+char *utf16_to_utf8(const wchar_t *input);
+wchar_t *utf8_to_utf16(const char *input);
+void init_commandline_arguments_utf8(int argc, char ***argv_utf8, wchar_t **argv_utf16);
+void free_commandline_arguments_utf8(int argc, char ***argv_utf8);
+FILE *fopen_utf8(const char *filename_utf8, const char *mode_utf8);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/neaacdec.h b/include/neaacdec.h
index 610a00b..7904175 100644
--- a/include/neaacdec.h
+++ b/include/neaacdec.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ typedef struct NeAACDecFrameInfo
     unsigned char ps;
 } NeAACDecFrameInfo;
 
-char NEAACDECAPI *NeAACDecGetErrorMessage(unsigned char errcode);
+char* NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecGetErrorMessage(unsigned char errcode);
 
 unsigned long NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecGetCapabilities(void);
 
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ void NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecPostSeekReset(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder, long frame);
 
 void NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecClose(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder);
 
-void NEAACDECAPI *NeAACDecDecode(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder,
+void* NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecDecode(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder,
                                  NeAACDecFrameInfo *hInfo,
                                  unsigned char *buffer,
                                  unsigned long buffer_size);
 
-void NEAACDECAPI *NeAACDecDecode2(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder,
+void* NEAACDECAPI NeAACDecDecode2(NeAACDecHandle hDecoder,
                                   NeAACDecFrameInfo *hInfo,
                                   unsigned char *buffer,
                                   unsigned long buffer_size,