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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/__init__.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index dfcaccafa..b8a82f932 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ __authors__ = ( __license__ = 'Public Domain' +import codecs import getpass import optparse import os @@ -335,6 +336,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): return parser, opts, args def _real_main(argv=None): + # Compatibility fixes for Windows + if sys.platform == 'win32': + # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/820 + codecs.register(lambda name: codecs.lookup('utf-8') if name == 'cp65001' else None) + parser, opts, args = parseOpts(argv) # Open appropriate CookieJar |