diff --git mplayer/sub/subreader.c mplayer/sub/subreader.c
index f04140c..5f94cb3 100644
--- mplayer/sub/subreader.c
+++ mplayer/sub/subreader.c
@@ -1816,18 +1816,18 @@ char * strreplace( char * in,char * what,char * whereof )
 static void strcpy_trim(char *d, char *s)
 {
     // skip leading whitespace
-    while (*s && isspace(*s)) {
+	while (*s && isascii(*s) && !isalnum(*s)) {
 	s++;
     }
     for (;;) {
 	// copy word
-	while (*s && !isspace(*s)) {
-	    *d = tolower(*s);
+	while (*s && (!isascii(*s) || isalnum(*s))) {
+	    *d = *s;
 	    s++; d++;
 	}
 	if (*s == 0) break;
 	// trim excess whitespace
-	while (*s && isspace(*s)) {
+	while (*s && isascii(*s) && !isalnum(*s)) {
 	    s++;
 	}
 	if (*s == 0) break;