Index: PC/winsound.c
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--- PC/winsound.c	(revision 86280)
+++ PC/winsound.c	(working copy)
@@ -72,31 +72,50 @@
 static PyObject *
 sound_playsound(PyObject *s, PyObject *args)
 {
+    Py_UNICODE *wsound;
+    PyObject *osound;
     const char *sound;
     int flags;
-    int length;
     int ok;
 
-    if(!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"z#i:PlaySound",&sound,&length,&flags)) {
-    return NULL;
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Zi:PlaySound", &wsound, &flags)) {
+        if (flags & SND_ASYNC && flags & SND_MEMORY) {
+            /* Sidestep reference counting headache; unfortunately this also
+               prevent SND_LOOP from memory. */
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot play asynchronously from memory");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+        ok = PlaySoundW(wsound, NULL, flags);
+        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+        if (!ok) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to play sound");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
     }
-
-    if(flags&SND_ASYNC && flags &SND_MEMORY) {
-    /* Sidestep reference counting headache; unfortunately this also
-       prevent SND_LOOP from memory. */
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,"Cannot play asynchronously from memory");
-    return NULL;
+    PyErr_Clear();
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&i:PlaySound",
+                          PyUnicode_FSConverter, &osound, &flags))
+        return NULL;
+    if (flags & SND_ASYNC && flags & SND_MEMORY) {
+        /* Sidestep reference counting headache; unfortunately this also
+           prevent SND_LOOP from memory. */
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot play asynchronously from memory");
+        Py_DECREF(osound);
+        return NULL;
     }
-
+    sound = PyBytes_AsString(osound);
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-    ok = PlaySound(sound,NULL,flags);
+    ok = PlaySoundA(sound, NULL, flags);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-    if(!ok)
-    {
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,"Failed to play sound");
-    return NULL;
+    if (!ok) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to play sound");
+        Py_DECREF(osound);
+        return NULL;
     }
-
+    Py_DECREF(osound);
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }