The attached patch fixed it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/subdownloader/+bug/1289949 provided a partial
fix. I fixed the last issue in main.py
My test didn't show other regressions but don't hesitate to double check
(you should ;)
Sylvestre
Index: changelog
===================================================================
--- changelog (révision 13414)
+++ changelog (copie de travail)
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+subdownloader (2.0.18-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Fix the locale issues when downloading (Closes: #766316) (LP: #1289949)
+ Thanks to Beniamin Jalinowski for the patch
+ Patch updated by Sylvestre Ledru
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylves...@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:56:54 +0200
+
subdownloader (2.0.18-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* Team upload
Index: patches/encoding-issue.diff
===================================================================
--- patches/encoding-issue.diff (nonexistent)
+++ patches/encoding-issue.diff (copie de travail)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Index: subdownloader/FileManagement/FileScan.py
+===================================================================
+--- subdownloader.orig/FileManagement/FileScan.py
++++ subdownloader/FileManagement/FileScan.py
+@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def ScanFilesFolders(filepaths,recursive
+
+ """Scanning all the Video and Subtitle files inside a Folder/Recursive Folders"""
+ def ScanFolder(folderpath,recursively = True,report_progress=None, progress_end=None):
++ if (type(folderpath) is not str):
++ folderpath = folderpath.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+ #Let's reset the progress bar to 0%
+ log.debug("Scanning Folder %s" % folderpath)
+
+Index: subdownloader/modules/videofile.py
+===================================================================
+--- subdownloader.orig/modules/videofile.py
++++ subdownloader/modules/videofile.py
+@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class VideoFile(object):
+
+ def __init__(self, filepath):
+ self._filepath = filepath
++ if (type(filepath) is not str):
++ import sys
++ self._filepath = filepath.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+ self._size = os.path.getsize(filepath)
+ self._hash = self.calculateOSDBHash()
+ try:
+Index: subdownloader/gui/main.py
+===================================================================
+--- subdownloader.orig/gui/main.py
++++ subdownloader/gui/main.py
+@@ -1065,7 +1065,8 @@ class Main(QObject, Ui_MainWindow):
+
+ #Check if we have write permissions, otherwise show warning window
+ while True:
+- #If the file and the folder don't have writte access.
++ destinationPath = destinationPath.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
++ #If the file and the folder don't have writte access.
+ if not QFileInfo(destinationPath).isWritable() and not QFileInfo(QFileInfo(destinationPath).absoluteDir().path()).isWritable() :
+ warningBox = QMessageBox(_("Error write permission"),
+ _("%s cannot be saved.\nCheck that the folder exists and you have write-access permissions.") %destinationPath ,
Index: patches/series
===================================================================
--- patches/series (révision 13414)
+++ patches/series (copie de travail)
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
desktop-file-remove-path.patch
no-mime-type-in-desktop-file.patch
follow-opensubtitles-download-link
+encoding-issue.diff
