utils.py: Workaround TypeError with Python 2.7.13 in Windows

Fixes #11540 Tested with Windows Python 2.7.12 and 2.7.13.
2017-02-10 21:05:09 +00:00 · 2017-02-10 21:05:09 +00:00 · 2f49bcd690
commit 2f49bcd690
parent 9b92a5917b
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@ -1684,6 +1684,11 @@ def setproctitle(title):
        libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6')
    except OSError:
        return
+    except TypeError:
+        # LoadLibrary in Windows Python 2.7.13 only expects
+        # a bytestring, but since unicode_literals turns
+        # every string into a unicode string, it fails.
+        return
    title_bytes = title.encode('utf-8')
    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title_bytes))
    buf.value = title_bytes