"Wide character" error caused by non-ASCII characters in --tag-only-filename

[ilaw138]

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Mac OSX 10.14.6

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When running a script to download metadata only jog files are downloaded.

jpg files are not merged to the video file and no other metadata is downloaded.

Same error occurs when run at the command line.

The error is - "Wide character at /usr/local/get_iplayer/perl/bin/get_iplayer line 2455."

Script running is - "get_iplayer --tag-only --thumbnail-square --tag-only-filename /Volumes/2\ For\ Review\ ∂/All_Is_True_-__m000yhk2_original.mp4 --pid=m000yhk2"

Output to terminal is - "get_iplayer 3.34.0-darwin
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis, 2010- get_iplayer contributors
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions; use --conditions for details.

Episodes:
All Is True - -, BBC Four, m000yhk2
INFO: 1 total programmes

INFO: Processing tv: 'All Is True - - (m000yhk2)'
Wide character at /usr/local/get_iplayer/perl/bin/get_iplayer line 2455."

Previous version 3.31.0 did not exhibit this behaviour.

As this is my first post of a bug report, I hope that I have followed all of your guidelines.

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m000yhk2

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get_iplayer --tag-only --thumbnail-square --tag-only-filename /Volumes/2\ For\ Review\ ∂/All_Is_True_-__m000yhk2_original.mp4 --pid=m000yhk2

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[notnac]

As a workaround for now, don't use non-ASCII characters in the value of --tag-only-filename, which means you'll need to move the file or use a symbolic link to the directory.