UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8f in position 4296: character maps to <undefined>

[ManjeeraJagiri]

I'm using Python 3.6 on Windows 10 64bit. I get the following error when I run C:\Users\in0131\Downloads\YAD2K-master\YAD2K-master>python ./yad2k.py yolo.cfg yolo.weights model_data/yolo.h5

Loading weights.
Weights Header:  [       0        1        0 32013312]
Parsing Darknet config.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./yad2k.py", line 270, in <module>
    _main(parser.parse_args())
  File "./yad2k.py", line 89, in _main
    unique_config_file = unique_config_sections(config_path)
  File "./yad2k.py", line 54, in unique_config_sections
    for line in fin:
  File "C:\Users\in0131\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
    return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8f in position 4296: character maps to <undefined>

Any idea why is it happening so? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[tlindener]

Try to do the process in a folder which path does not contain "\u" like "C:\Users...".

[ManjeeraJagiri]

@tlindener , Thanks for you reply. I have tried it. But I still get the same error when I run

C:\YAD2K-master\YAD2K-master>python ./yad2k.py yolo.cfg yolo.weights model_data/yolo.h5

Using TensorFlow backend.
Loading weights.
Weights Header:  [       0        1        0 32013312]
Parsing Darknet config.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./yad2k.py", line 270, in <module>
    _main(parser.parse_args())
  File "./yad2k.py", line 89, in _main
    unique_config_file = unique_config_sections(config_path)
  File "./yad2k.py", line 54, in unique_config_sections
    for line in fin:
  File "C:\Users\in0131\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
    return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8f in position 4296: character maps to <undefined>

[tlindener]

Hmm, weird. Only difference between your and my setup would be the python version (I use 3.5 for yad2k). May be you can try this... Just create a new environment based on the environment.yml.

[ManjeeraJagiri]

@tlindener , I created a new environment. But now when I run ./yad2k.py yolo.cfg yolo.weights model_data/yolo.h5

I get the following error:

Using TensorFlow backend.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/__init__.py", line 61, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow', fp, pathname, description)
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 242, in load_module
    return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic
    return _load(spec)
ImportError: libcudart.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./yad2k.py", line 15, in <module>
    from keras import backend as K
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import activations
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/activations.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import backend as K
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/backend/__init__.py", line 73, in <module>
    from .tensorflow_backend import *
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/backend/tensorflow_backend.py", line 1, in <module>
    import tensorflow as tf
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import *
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
    raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/__init__.py", line 61, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow', fp, pathname, description)
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 242, in load_module
    return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
  File "/home/manjeera/anaconda3/envs/yad2k/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic
    return _load(spec)
ImportError: libcudart.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.

[ManjeeraJagiri]

@tlindener , Oh I am assuming this is an error with CUDA. I am actually running this on a CPU. Any idea how to avoid this error?

[nagitam]

I have the same problem with python 3.5.4 and Win7. Any idea what to try?