Error 259 on python playsound() unable to sound

Question

I Saw this question here. But my file is already in wav. My code is a timer which plays sound after timer ends using threading. It wasn't working there, then I tried it in different file which just had the file and library:

from playsound import playsound

playsound('alarm.wav')

When I do this following error occurs:

Error 259 for command:
        play alarm.wav wait
    The driver cannot recognize the specified command parameter.
Traceback (most recent call last)
...
playsound.PlaysoundException: 
    Error 259 for command:
        play alarm.wav wait
    The driver cannot recognize the specified command parameter.

But when I give the path:

from playsound import playsound

playsound('path/to/alarm.wav')

the following error occurs in a pop box (SyntaxError):

(unicode error)some stuff after that

I'm on Windows and I tried it on IDLE and by double clicking the file (Python3.7.3).

If it helps, it works on a different device (both have same Python versions).

Answer 1

I try to use code:

playsound(u"path/to/alarm.wav")

and it works well for me (python 3.9.5, playsound 1.3.0, windows 11 platform)

Answer 2

Run this in CMD or any such terminal:

pip install playsound==1.2.2

Downgrading the version works perfectly for me :)