From: E.Smith <31170571+azlm8t@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:59:39 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: python: Need to utf-8 decode our strings.
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python: Need to utf-8 decode our strings.
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diff --git a/lib/py/tvh/htsmsg.py b/lib/py/tvh/htsmsg.py
index 9c925b3cc..a0001519d 100644
--- a/lib/py/tvh/htsmsg.py
+++ b/lib/py/tvh/htsmsg.py
@@ -174,7 +174,16 @@ def deserialize0(data, typ=HMF_MAP):
         name = data[:nlen]
         data = data[nlen:]
         if typ == HMF_STR:
-            item = data[:dlen]
+            # All of our strings _should_ be utf-8
+            # so need to decode them, otherwise
+            # everything looks fine until you
+            # substr the string elsewhere and
+            # get truncated characters and len is
+            # wrong.
+            try:
+                item = data[:dlen].decode('utf-8')
+            except:
+                item = data[:dlen]
         elif typ == HMF_BIN:
             item = HMFBin(data[:dlen])
         elif typ == HMF_S64: