From 210f60f9b294b988039e77c227bf3fe61214e724 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: angelblue05 <tamara.angel05@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:02:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Try to fix path detection

Current issue with unicode special characters and xbmcvfs.exists
---
 resources/lib/objects/_common.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/resources/lib/objects/_common.py b/resources/lib/objects/_common.py
index f0415f2d..de4767c8 100644
--- a/resources/lib/objects/_common.py
+++ b/resources/lib/objects/_common.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ##################################################################################################
 
 import logging
+import os
 
 import xbmc
 import xbmcvfs
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ class Items(object):
     @classmethod
     def path_validation(cls, path):
         # Verify if direct path is accessible or not
+        if not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
+            path = path.encode('utf-8')
+
         if window('emby_pathverified') != "true" and not xbmcvfs.exists(path):
             if dialog(type_="yesno",
                       heading="{emby}",