setting encoding for file opening

app/eparser/enigma/blacklist.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __FILE_NAME = "blacklist"
 
 def get_blacklist(path):
     with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
-        with open(path + __FILE_NAME, "r") as file:
+        with open(path + __FILE_NAME, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             # filter empty values and "\n"
 
             return set(filter(None, (x.strip() for x in file.readlines())))
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def get_blacklist(path):
 
 
 def write_blacklist(path, channels):
-    with open(path + __FILE_NAME, "w") as file:
+    with open(path + __FILE_NAME, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         if channels:
             file.writelines("\n".join(channels))
 

app/eparser/enigma/lamedb.py

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class LameDbWriter:
         lines.extend(services_lines)
         lines.append(_END_LINE)
 
-        with open(self._path + "lamedb5", "w") as file:
+        with open(self._path + "lamedb5", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             file.writelines(lines)
 
 

app/settings.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_settings():
     if not os.path.isfile(CONFIG_FILE) or os.stat(CONFIG_FILE).st_size == 0:
         write_settings(get_default_settings())
 
-    with open(CONFIG_FILE, "r") as config_file:
+    with open(CONFIG_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
         return json.load(config_file)
 
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def get_default_transcoding_presets():
 
 def write_settings(config):
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(CONFIG_PATH), exist_ok=True)
-    with open(CONFIG_FILE, "w") as config_file:
+    with open(CONFIG_FILE, "w", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
         json.dump(config, config_file, indent="    ")
 
 

app/ui/dialogs.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def get_message(message):
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=5)
 def get_dialogs_string(path):
-    with open(path, "r") as f:
+    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         return "".join(f)