Index: action.py
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--- action.py
+++ action.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # api: streamtuner2
 # type: functions
 # category: io
 # title: play/record actions
 # description: Starts audio applications, guesses MIME types for URLs
-# version: 1.2.0
+# version: 1.2.1
 # priority: core
 #
 # Multimedia interface for starting audio players, recording app,
 # or web browser (listed as "url/http" association in players).
 # It maps audio MIME types, and extracts/converts playlist types
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as xmlentities, unescape as xmlunescape
 
 import ahttp
 from config import *
+import sys
 
 
 # Coupling to main window
 #
 main = None
@@ -135,11 +136,11 @@
 # Exec wrapper
 def run(cmd):
     if "cmd" in conf:
         cmd = conf.cmd % cmd
     elif conf.windows:
-        cmd = "start " + cmd
+        cmd = "start " + cmd.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
     else:
         cmd = cmd + " &"
     try:
         log.EXEC(cmd)
         os.system(cmd)