gnome-codec-install crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode

[Pixel]

The problem when searching for the codec

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-codec-install 0.4.7+nmu1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 11 15:41:14 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-codec-install
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110808)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install --transient-for=44040195 gstreamer|0.10|totem|Advanced\ Streaming\ Format\ (ASF)\ demuxer|decoder-video/x-ms-asf
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install', '--transient-for=44040195', 'gstreamer|0.10|totem|Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) demuxer|decoder-video/x-ms-asf']
SourcePackage: gnome-codec-install
Title: gnome-codec-install crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #822913, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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