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diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index be599a2b2..52da3b859 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -305,7 +305,14 @@ def _encodeFilename(s):
"""
assert type(s) == type(u'')
- return s.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding(), 'ignore')
+
+ if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.getwindowsversion().major >= 5:
+ # Pass u'' directly to use Unicode APIs on Windows 2000 and up
+ # (Detecting Windows NT 4 is tricky because 'major >= 4' would
+ # match Windows 9x series as well. Besides, NT 4 is obsolete.)
+ return s
+ else:
+ return s.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding(), 'ignore')
class DownloadError(Exception):
"""Download Error exception.