diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 83dee5c8f..ff213ae87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Features:
 Fixes:
 - Add ``cython.final`` to leaf classes, ensuring that they are not subclassed.
 - Warn that ``CodecContext.decode()`` is not memory safe in some cases.
+- Fix ``enumerate_input_devices`` and ``enumerate_output_devices`` raising ``AttributeError`` (:issue:`2264`).
 
 v17.0.1
 -------
diff --git a/av/device.py b/av/device.py
index 7be7e68a6..9868f1565 100644
--- a/av/device.py
+++ b/av/device.py
@@ -55,14 +55,12 @@ def _build_device_list(device_list: cython.pointer[lib.AVDeviceInfoList]) -> lis
             mt = device_info.media_types[j]
             s = lib.av_get_media_type_string(mt)
             if s:
-                media_types.append(s.decode())
+                media_types.append(s)
 
         devices.append(
             DeviceInfo(
-                name=device_info.device_name.decode()
-                if device_info.device_name
-                else "",
-                description=device_info.device_description.decode()
+                name=device_info.device_name if device_info.device_name else "",
+                description=device_info.device_description
                 if device_info.device_description
                 else "",
                 is_default=(i == device_list.default_device),