diff --git a/syncplay/players/mplayer.py b/syncplay/players/mplayer.py
index f3a4f9e..f0b0404 100755
--- a/syncplay/players/mplayer.py
+++ b/syncplay/players/mplayer.py
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ class MplayerPlayer(BasePlayer):
 
         def run(self):
             line = self.__process.stdout.readline()
+            line = line.decode('utf-8')
             if "MPlayer 1" in line:
                 self.__playerController.notMplayer2()
             else:
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ class MplayerPlayer(BasePlayer):
                 self.__playerController.lineReceived(line)
             while self.__process.poll() is None:
                 line = self.__process.stdout.readline()
+                line = line.decode('utf-8')
                 line = line.rstrip("\r\n")
                 self.__playerController.lineReceived(line)
             self.__playerController.drop()
@@ -442,6 +444,7 @@ class MplayerPlayer(BasePlayer):
                     #line = line.decode('utf8')
                 line = line + "\n"
                 self.__playerController._client.ui.showDebugMessage("player >> {}".format(line))
+                line = line.encode('utf-8')
                 self.__process.stdin.write(line)
             except IOError:
                 pass
diff --git a/syncplay/players/mpv.py b/syncplay/players/mpv.py
index b1a3ed8..dbe01e9 100755
--- a/syncplay/players/mpv.py
+++ b/syncplay/players/mpv.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MpvPlayer(MplayerPlayer):
     @staticmethod
     def run(client, playerPath, filePath, args):
         try:
-            ver = MpvPlayer.RE_VERSION.search(subprocess.check_output([playerPath, '--version']))
+            ver = MpvPlayer.RE_VERSION.search(subprocess.check_output([playerPath, '--version']).decode('utf-8'))
         except:
             ver = None
         constants.MPV_NEW_VERSION = ver is None or int(ver.group(1)) > 0 or int(ver.group(2)) >= 6