'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x99 in position 11: invalid start byte

[Pavan-207]

When I perform"python train_mapping.py --no_TTUR --NL_res --random_hole --use_SN --correlation_renormalize --training_dataset mapping --NL_use_mask --NL_fusion_method combine --non_local Setting_42 --use_v2_degradation --use_vae_which_epoch 200 --continue_train --name mapping_scratch --label_nc 0 --loadSize 256 --fineSize 256 --dataroot [your_data_folder] --no_instance --resize_or_crop crop_only --batchSize 36 --no_html --gpu_ids 0,1,2,3 --nThreads 8 --load_pretrainA [ckpt_of_domainA_SR_old_photos] --load_pretrainB [ckpt_of_domainB_old_photos] --l2_feat 60 --n_downsample_global 3 --mc 64 --k_size 4 --start_r 1 --mapping_n_block 6 --map_mc 512 --use_l1_feat --niter 150 --niter_decay 100 --outputs_dir [your_output_folder] --checkpoints_dir [your_ckpt_folder] --irregular_mask [absolute_path_of_mask_file]"

When I add the parameter'--irregular_mask' ,There was an error (UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x99 in position 11: invalid start byte