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diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
index 3ff1f9ed4..fae245024 100644
--- 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