-        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="p_5px[^>]*>([^<]+)', webpage, u'title')
-        video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(r'so_s\.addVariable\("owner_u", "([^"]+)', webpage, u'uploader', fatal=False)
-        video_description = self._html_search_regex(r'<p class="video_description">([^<]+)', webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
-        video_url= self._html_search_regex(r'var videoMp4 = "([^"]+)', webpage, u'video_url').replace('\\/', '/')
+        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="p_5px[^>]*>([^<]+)', webpage, 'title')
+        video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(r'so_s\.addVariable\("owner_u", "([^"]+)', webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
+        video_description = self._html_search_regex(r'<p class="video_description">([^<]+)', webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+        video_url= self._html_search_regex(r'var videoMp4 = "([^"]+)', webpage, 'video_url').replace('\\/', '/')