From f9385572df4a7cd1d0ab3f5ea2640d12866f0263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <git@ichi2.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 13:47:07 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix audio not stopping or overlapping

make sure we always send bytes
---
 anki/sound.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/anki/sound.py b/anki/sound.py
index d0382e27e..e85eec94e 100644
--- a/anki/sound.py
+++ b/anki/sound.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class MplayerMonitor(threading.Thread):
             # clearing queue?
             if mplayerClear and self.mplayer:
                 try:
-                    self.mplayer.stdin.write("stop\n")
+                    self.mplayer.stdin.write(b"stop\n")
                     self.mplayer.stdin.flush()
                 except:
                     # mplayer quit by user (likely video)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class MplayerMonitor(threading.Thread):
         if not self.mplayer:
             return
         try:
-            self.mplayer.stdin.write("quit\n")
+            self.mplayer.stdin.write(b"quit\n")
             self.mplayer.stdin.flush()
             self.deadPlayers.append(self.mplayer)
         except: