TypeError: must be char, not unicode

[FernandoMiguel]

windows 8.1 64bits
2014.03.11

youtube-dl --verbose -i -u email@domain.tld :ytsubs
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-i', '-u', '', ':ytsubs']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'cp1252', fs 'mbcs', out 'cp850', pref: 'cp1252'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 18, in
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 811, in main
File "youtube_dl__init__.pyo", line 614, in _real_main
File "getpass.pyo", line 95, in win_getpass
TypeError: must be char, not unicode

[phihag]

Thank you for the report. This bug has been fixed in youtube-dl 2014.03.18 and newer. Type youtube-dl -U to update.

As a workaround, you can also use the --password option in the command-line.