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diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index bc100c9c3..f93573692 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ class Popen(subprocess.Popen):
@classmethod
def run(cls, *args, timeout=None, **kwargs):
with cls(*args, **kwargs) as proc:
+ default = '' if proc.text_mode else b''
stdout, stderr = proc.communicate_or_kill(timeout=timeout)
- return stdout or '', stderr or '', proc.returncode
+ return stdout or default, stderr or default, proc.returncode
def get_subprocess_encoding():