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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube-dl18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index b1f271793..5efc55e6d 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ def preferredencoding():
Returns the best encoding scheme for the system, based on
locale.getpreferredencoding() and some further tweaks.
"""
- try:
- pref = locale.getpreferredencoding()
- # Mac OSX systems have this problem sometimes
- if pref == '':
- return 'UTF-8'
- return pref
- except:
- sys.stderr.write('WARNING: problem obtaining preferred encoding. Falling back to UTF-8.\n')
- return 'UTF-8'
+ def yield_preferredencoding():
+ try:
+ pref = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+ u'TEST'.encode(pref)
+ except:
+ pref = 'UTF-8'
+ while True:
+ yield pref
+ return yield_preferredencoding().next()
class DownloadError(Exception):
"""Download Error exception.