forced utf-8 enabled for playlist read/write (#298)

usr/lib/hypnotix/common.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def get_playlist(self, provider, refresh=False) -> bool:
                         #    source = response.content.decode("UTF-8")
                         # except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                         #    source = response.content.decode("latin1")
-                        with open(provider.path, "w") as file:
+                        with open(provider.path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
                             # Grab data by block_bytes
                             for data in response.iter_content(block_bytes,decode_unicode=True):
                                 downloaded_bytes += block_bytes
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def get_playlist(self, provider, refresh=False) -> bool:
     def check_playlist(self, provider):
         legit = False
         if os.path.exists(provider.path):
-            with open(provider.path, "r") as file:
+            with open(provider.path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as file:
                 content = file.read()
                 if "#EXTM3U" in content and "#EXTINF" in content:
                     legit = True
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def check_playlist(self, provider):
         return legit
 
     def load_channels(self, provider):
-        with open(provider.path, "r") as file:
+        with open(provider.path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as file:
             channel = None
             group = None
             groups = {}
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@ def load_channels(self, provider):
 
     def load_favorites(self):
         favorites = []
-        with open(FAVORITES_PATH, 'r') as f:
+        with open(FAVORITES_PATH, 'r', encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
             for line in f:
                 favorites.append(line.strip())
         return favorites
 
     def save_favorites(self, favorites):
-        with open(FAVORITES_PATH, "w") as f:
+        with open(FAVORITES_PATH, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             for fav in favorites:
                 f.write(f"{fav}\n")