Merge branch 'master' into gotham-dev

Conflicts:
	addon.xml
	changelog.txt
	resources/lib/utils.py

changelog.txt

@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ Version 0.5.1
 
 updated for new Gotham xbmc python updates
 
-added version info to logs
-
 Version 0.5.0
 
 New Version for Gotham
 
+Version 0.4.5
+
+added version info to logs
+
+added try/catch for unicode errors
+
 Version 0.4.4
 
 modified the check for invalid file types

resources/lib/utils.py

@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ def getString(string_id):
     return __Addon.getLocalizedString(string_id)
 
 def encode(string):
-    return string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
+    result = ''
+
+    try:
+        result = string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        result = 'Unicode Error'
+    
+    return result