[bossanova808]

I have some code that uses this string:

Code:

u'Sigur R\xc3\xb3s'

(python repr())

...which would appear a to be a utf-8 encoded unicode string (Although I ma very weak in this area!)

and I am setting that to a window property via:

Code:

xbmcgui.Window(xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowId()).setProperty("CURRENTARTIST", artist)

(in a WindowXML)

I suspect I am going wrong somewhere basic but an arvo of researching various encoding things has got me no closer...

anyone have ideas??

...however, this results in gobbledygook on screen.