Merge pull request #818 from croneter/fix-playback-startup

Fix UnicodeEncodeError on playback startup for direct paths

resources/lib/context_entry.py

@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class ContextMenu(object):
         playqueue.clear()
         app.PLAYSTATE.context_menu_play = True
         handle = self.api.path(force_first_media=False, force_addon=True)
-        xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin(%s)' % handle)
+        handle = 'RunPlugin(%s)' % handle
+        xbmc.executebuiltin(handle.encode('utf-8'))
 
     def _extras(self):
         """

resources/lib/plex_companion.py

@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ class PlexCompanion(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
             'key': '{server}%s' % data.get('key'),
             'offset': data.get('offset')
         }
-        executebuiltin('RunPlugin(plugin://%s)' % utils.extend_url(v.ADDON_ID, params))
+        handle = 'RunPlugin(plugin://%s)' % utils.extend_url(v.ADDON_ID, params)
+        executebuiltin(handle.encode('utf-8'))
 
     @staticmethod
     def _process_playlist(data):