* don't convert UTF-8 -> UTF-8 because we found a BOM.

src/input/stream.c

@@ -1428,20 +1428,27 @@ char * stream_ReadLine( stream_t *s )
                 s->i_char_width = 2;
                 i_bom_size = 2;
             }
-            /* Seek past the offset */
+
+            /* Seek past the BOM */
+            if( i_bom_size )
+            {
                 stream_Seek( s, i_bom_size );
                 p_data += i_bom_size;
                 i_data -= i_bom_size;
+            }
 
             /* Open the converter if we need it */
             if( psz_encoding != NULL )
             {
                 msg_Dbg( s, "%s BOM detected", psz_encoding );
+                if( s->i_char_width > 1 )
+                {
                     s->conv = vlc_iconv_open( "UTF-8", psz_encoding );
                     if( s->conv == (vlc_iconv_t)-1 )
                     {
                         msg_Err( s, "iconv_open failed" );
                     }
+                }
                 if( psz_encoding ) free( psz_encoding );
             }
         }