Artist ascii codec error \xeb

[m4rkv5]

Describe the bug

Pyatv is working fine except when some songs are playing. Then the script crashes.

Error log

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 719, in _run_application
    return await cli_handler(loop)
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 513, in cli_handler
    return await _handle_commands(args, config, loop)
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 614, in _handle_commands
    ret = await _handle_device_command(args, cmd, atv, loop)
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 652, in _handle_device_command
    return await _exec_command(atv.metadata, cmd, True, *cmd_args)
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 692, in _exec_command
    _pretty_print(value)
  File "/homebridge/python/pyatv/scripts/atvremote.py", line 710, in _pretty_print
    print(data)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xeb' in position 84: ordinal not in range(128)

How to reproduce the bug?

Play Tiësto The Business

What is expected behavior?

Media type: Music
Device state: Paused
Title: The Business
Artist: Tiësto
Album: ...
Genre: Dance
Position: 0/166s (0.0%)
Repeat: Off
Shuffle: Off

Operating System

oznu/docker-homebridge

Python

3.6

pyatv

0.9.8

Device

Apple TV 4k 15.4.1

Additional context

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[postlund]

I will look into this, thanks for reporting!

[postlund]

I'm trying to reproduce this myself and neither Apple Music nor Spotify seems to trigger it. How are you playing the track? I suspect it has to do with your locale being incorrectly set to something non-Unicode compliant. Can you give me some additional details regarding how I would reproduce this using the docker image you mention?

[m4rkv5]

I don't use it any longer. Periodic reading of my Apple TV status result in too high CPU load on my system. If the ascii issue has something to do with my docker image it can be closed.

[postlund]

Ok, then I will close it. I would recommend using push updates (either via atvremote or atvscript) instead of polling. Setting up a new connection every time is quite expensive, especially on low-end systems.

[m4rkv5]

@postlund With push updates it now responds immediately. Thanks for the hint. I am using push updates via atvscript and node-red-node-daemon now.

[postlund]

That's great to hear! 👍