Bug: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x3a in position 52: could not dump:

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#1

Hi all,

Each time I start tribler 7.0.2, I get the following message:

‘utf8’ codec can’t decode byte 0x3a in position 52: could not dump:
dict[downloads]->list->dict[name]->str::’[March_2014] [Platinum] (pthc pedo) virginz.info 15 \xeb\xe5\xf2\xed\xff\xff \xe0\xed\xff \xe8\xe3\xf0\xe0\xe5\xf2 \xf1 \xe2\xe8\xe1\xf0\xe0\xf2\xee\xf0\xee\xec (\xef\xe5\xe4\xee,\xe4\xe5\xf2\xe8,\xe4\xe5\xe2\xee\xf7\xea\xe8,\xec\xe0\xeb\xee\xeb\xe5\xf2\xea\xe8).rar’
dict[downloads]->list->dict[name]->str::’(pthc pedo) 3\xeb\xe5\xf1\xe1\

Can you help me out how to fix this?

Thanks,

B…

#2

I also have the exact same problem:frowning_face:

#3

We are working on this issue, see https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3599