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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index f3ad47422..dbfac0f43 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1066,13 +1066,14 @@ def fix_xml_all_ampersand(xml_str):
def setproctitle(title):
+ assert isinstance(title, type(u''))
try:
libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
except OSError:
return
title = title
buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title) + 1)
- buf.value = title
+ buf.value = title.encode('utf-8')
try:
libc.prctl(15, ctypes.byref(buf), 0, 0, 0)
except AttributeError: