Index: mythvideo/mythvideo/videoutils.cpp
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--- mythvideo/mythvideo/videoutils.cpp	(revision 13497)
+++ mythvideo/mythvideo/videoutils.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             // No internal handler for this, play external
             QString command = Metadata::getPlayCommand(item.get());
             if (command.length())
-                myth_system(command.local8Bit());
+                myth_system(command);
         }
 
         if (item->ChildID() > 0)