Wide Character in print. Problem or informational only?

[dinkypumpkin]

On 22/07/2013 12:09, J wrote:
> Using --info on the World Service radio programme 'More or Less' shows
> the line 'Wide character in print at get_iplayer.pl line 303.' and the 3
> various <desc> fields that follow do, indeed, include several instances
> (mostly apostrophes).
>
> Is this informational only or might there be any consequences of this?

It is harmless.  This happens when "smart" quotes, em-dashes, etc., are 
embedded in the description text as character entities.  They get 
decoded into UTF-8, but the --info display code doesn't expect UTF-8, so 
you get the warning.

> I ask because my over-night pvr run skipped flashaacstd1mode following:
> ERROR: DECODING ERROR, IGNORING BYTES UNTIL NEXT KNOWN PATTERN! [9 of
> these messages]

"Wide character in print" message is unrelated to rtmpdump errors.