removing non-ascii characters

[tuntapovski]

is it me only or youtube-dl started to remove non-ascii characters in newer versions?

tested in ubuntu 14.04 with latest binary

by the way, i can suggest a parameter that fixes non-ascii characters via "unidecode" module from https://github.com/iki/unidecode

it basicly does:
Ş -> S
kinda

[jaimeMF]

As explained in the bug reporting instructions: post the full output you get when you run youtube-dl --verbose URL.

[tuntapovski]

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=z36bwSc6

original title: 500. Milli Maç'ta Hadise Çıktı! (Türkiye - Danimarka) (Dum Tek Tek)
filename: 500. Milli Ma'ta Hadise kt! (Trkiye - Danimarka) (Dum Tek Tek)-rDcM0KrGrEU.mp4

[dstftw]

[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968
ANSI_X3.4-1968

Correctly setup your locale.

[tuntapovski]

i fixed it by adding "export LANG=en_US.utf8" to "~/.bashrc"
now works fine