From f1e685986d8d40120e10df243539766190b0979c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamcottle <liam@liamcottle.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:17:19 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] hack to avoid numpy issue on windows caused by soundcard
 package

---
 meshchat.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meshchat.py b/meshchat.py
index 6a9605c..c49e191 100644
--- a/meshchat.py
+++ b/meshchat.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import LXMF
 import LXST
 import RNS
 import RNS.vendor.umsgpack as msgpack
+import numpy
 from LXMF import LXMRouter
 from LXST import Telephone
 from LXST.Primitives.Telephony import Profiles
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ from src.backend.interface_editor import InterfaceEditor
 from src.backend.lxmf_message_fields import LxmfImageField, LxmfFileAttachmentsField, LxmfFileAttachment, LxmfAudioField
 from src.backend.sideband_commands import SidebandCommands
 
+# hack to avoid below error on windows from soundcard/mediafoundation.py in self._record_chunk()
+# ValueError: The binary mode of fromstring is removed, use frombuffer instead
+numpy.fromstring = numpy.frombuffer
+
 
 # NOTE: this is required to be able to pack our app with cxfreeze as an exe, otherwise it can't access bundled assets
 # this returns a file path based on if we are running meshchat.py directly, or if we have packed it as an exe with cxfreeze