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Artist ascii codec error \xeb

See original GitHub issue

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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State:
Created a year ago
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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m4rkv5commented, Jun 28, 2022

@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.

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postlundcommented, Jun 28, 2022

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.