-decoding exec_command from UTF-8 multiple times (bad)

python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py

@@ -265,15 +265,7 @@ class MediaMonitorCommon:
     def scan_dir_for_new_files(self, dir):
         command = 'find "%s" -type f -iname "*.ogg" -o -iname "*.mp3" -readable' % dir.replace('"', '\\"')
         self.logger.debug(command)
-        stdout = self.exec_command(command).decode("UTF-8")
-        
-        try:
-            """
-            File name charset encoding is UTF-8.  
-            """
-            stdout = stdout.decode("UTF-8")
-        except Exception, e:
-            self.logger.error("Could not decode %s using UTF-8" % stdout)
+        stdout = self.exec_command(command)
         
         return stdout.splitlines()