Can't import Retroarch

[RFLEpicGamer]

Describe the bug
If i try to import retroarch i get utf-8 error

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Cartridges
2. Click on Add Game
3. Import Game

Expected behavior
Import Retroarch Sucessfully

Screenshots

Logs
root INFO - Scanning source desktop
root INFO - Source bottles skipped, bad location
root INFO - Source heroic skipped, bad location
root INFO - Source legendary skipped, bad location
root INFO - Scanning source flatpak
root INFO - Scanning source itch
root INFO - Scanning source retroarch
root INFO - Scanning source steam
root INFO - Scanning source lutris
root ERROR - UnicodeDecodeError in retroarch
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cartridges/importer/importer.py", line 181, in source_task_thread_func
iteration_result = next(iterator)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cartridges/importer/retroarch_source.py", line 77, in iter
playlist_json = json.load(open_file)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x91 in position 234: invalid start byte
/home/rflepicgamer/.itch/itch
root INFO - Import done

System (please complete the following information):

• OS: Fedora Linux
• Installation method: Flatpak
• Cartridges version: 2.8.5

Additional context
Idk if anyone else have this problem before

[kra-mo]

@RilicTheFox @GeoffreyCoulaud I defer to you on this one.

[kra-mo]

All of these labels were accidental…

[sukarn-m]

I'm seeing a similar error, but not exactly the same:

root INFO - Scanning source retroarch
root ERROR - UnicodeDecodeError in retroarch
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cartridges/importer/importer.py", line 181, in source_task_thread_func
    iteration_result = next(iterator)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cartridges/importer/retroarch_source.py", line 77, in __iter__
    playlist_json = json.load(open_file)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
                 ^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen codecs>", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 105: invalid start byte

Flatpak based Cartridges and RetroArch.

[L-28]

The error (in my case at least) probably lies in the RetroArch playlist files.

To fix it temporatily you can:

1. Go to the RetroArch playlist files located in ~/.config/retroarch/playlists/
2. Open the playlists files and delete all characters located between the second pair of quotation marks.
   "base_content_directory": "[HERE ]",
3. Save the files, restart cartridges and import the games.