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    extract metadata to txt file with ffmpeg, convert it with iconv, then re-add. Commented Aug 17, 2020 at 21:11
  • ... or even read with id3tool and write back with id3tool. Commented Aug 17, 2020 at 22:15
  • That does the trick! Thanks to Ipor and Philip. I did it with id3tool. I wrote a bash script which I can call in a shell with either ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8 encoding and end up with a file that displays just fine in an UTF-8 encoded shell. Ipor, please copy your comment into an answer, just so I can mark this question as solved. Commented Aug 19, 2020 at 12:17