specify UTF-8 Filename to save as

[kiwijunglist]

c:\youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "C:\Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'C:\Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1

\Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi
\Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi (UTF8 has been stripped)

Anyway to get youtube-dl.exe to not change the filename?

[andrewjswan]

youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi

[andrewjswan]

youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'M\xc3\xb6tley Cr\xc3\xbce - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1

chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1

Mötley Crüe -> M\xc3\xb6tley Cr\xc3\xbce
Mötley Crüe -> Motley Crue

[andrewjswan]

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {'ftp': 'ftp://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128', 'http': 'http://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128', 'https': 'https://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128'}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Extracting video information

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>dir *.avi
Volume in drive D is Work
Volume Serial Number is 6AD0-978D

Directory of D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools

06/07/2010 09:20 36 525 653 Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi
1 File(s) 36 525 653 bytes
0 Dir(s) 106 207 449 088 bytes free
D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>

[andrewjswan]

The same goes for youtube-dl version 2013.08.14

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>chcp
Текущая кодовая страница: 866

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>1.cmd

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>youtube-dl.exe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w -o "Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.avi" -v -w
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fSFu-ZaX0w', '-o', 'Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi', '-v', '-w']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] Proxy map: {'ftp': 'ftp://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128', 'http': 'http://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128', 'https': 'https://gray-fish.blackhole.net:3128'}
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] -fSFu-ZaX0w: Extracting video information

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>dir *.avi
Volume in drive D is Work
Volume Serial Number is 6AD0-978D

Directory of D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools

06/07/2010 09:20 36 525 653 Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart.avi
1 File(s) 36 525 653 bytes
0 Dir(s) 106 170 957 824 bytes free
D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>dir *.testUTF8
Volume in drive D is Work
Volume Serial Number is 6AD0-978D

Directory of D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools

06/07/2010 09:20 36 525 653 Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart.testUTF8
1 File(s) 36 525 653 bytes
0 Dir(s) 106 170 957 824 bytes free

D:\Work\Programming\Delphi\MePoTools>

[phihag]

Thanks for the report, I'll try to reproduce it on a Windows machine and report back.

[andrewjswan]

Thank you so much. I'll be waiting.

[andrewjswan]

Any news?