utf encode playlist names, fixes #35

README.md

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Original data can be found via [wayback machine](https://web.archive.org/web/201
 * Ignore hidden filenames
 * Do not force playlist voiceover with auto playlists
 * Added shortcut parameters (-p, -t, -d, etc.)
+* Fix UnicodeEncodeError for non-ascii playlist names (#35)
 
 1.3 Release (08.06.2016)
 * Directory based auto playlist building (--auto-dir-playlists) (#13)

ipod-shuffle-4g.py

@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ class Playlist(Record):
                 text = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
 
         # Handle the VoiceOverData
+        if isinstance(text, unicode):
+            text = text.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
         self["dbid"] = hashlib.md5(text).digest()[:8] #pylint: disable-msg=E1101
         self.text_to_speech(text, self["dbid"], True)