@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword', None)
if password:
headers['Cookie'] = '%s_password=%s' % (video_id, hashlib.md5(password).hexdigest())
headers['Cookie'] = '%s_password=%s' % (
video_id, hashlib.md5(password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest())
# Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)