[downloader/external] Decode error string before writing to stderr

8 years ago · e69f9f5d68
parent 77a9a9c295
commit e69f9f5d68
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ExternalFD(FileDownloader):
            cmd, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
        _, stderr = p.communicate()
        if p.returncode != 0:
-            self.to_stderr(stderr)
+            self.to_stderr(stderr.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
        return p.returncode