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-rw-r--r--mpv.py26
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1341efc..db57f22 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ submit a `pull request`_ on github.
On Windows you can place libmpv anywhere in your ``%PATH%`` (e.g. next to ``python.exe``) or next to this module's
``mpv.py``. Before falling back to looking in the mpv module's directory, python-mpv uses the DLL search order built
-into ctypes, which is different to the one Windows uses internally. Consult `this stackoverflow post
-<https://stackoverflow.com/a/23805306>`__ for details.
+into ctypes, which is different to the one Windows uses internally. You can modify `%PATH%` before importing python-mpv
+to modify where python-mpv looks for the DLL. Consult `this stackoverflow post <https://stackoverflow.com/a/23805306>`__
+for details.
Python >= 3.9
.............
diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index d784db5..cd843a2 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# vim: ts=4 sw=4 et
#
# Python MPV library module
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Sebastian Götte <code@jaseg.net>
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2024 Sebastian Götte <code@jaseg.net>
#
# python-mpv inherits the underlying libmpv's license, which can be either GPLv2 or later (default) or LGPLv2.1 or
# later. For details, see the mpv copyright page here: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/Copyright
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import ctypes.util
import threading
import queue
import os
+import os.path
import sys
from warnings import warn
from functools import partial, wraps
@@ -35,19 +36,30 @@ import traceback
if os.name == 'nt':
# Note: mpv-2.dll with API version 2 corresponds to mpv v0.35.0. Most things should work with the fallback, too.
- dll = ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-2.dll') or ctypes.util.find_library('libmpv-2.dll') or ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-1.dll')
- if dll is None:
- raise OSError('Cannot find mpv-1.dll, mpv-2.dll or libmpv-2.dll in your system %PATH%. One way to deal with this is to ship the dll with your script and put the directory your script is in into %PATH% before "import mpv": os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(__file__) + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"] If mpv-1.dll is located elsewhere, you can add that path to os.environ["PATH"].')
- # flags argument: LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR
- # cf. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibraryexa
+ names = ['mpv-2.dll', 'libmpv-2.dll', 'mpv-1.dll']
+ for name in names:
+ dll = ctypes.util.find_library(name)
+ if dll:
+ break
+ else:
+ for name in names:
+ dll = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), name)
+ if os.path.isfile(dll):
+ break
+ else:
+ raise OSError('Cannot find mpv-1.dll, mpv-2.dll or libmpv-2.dll in your system %PATH%. One way to deal with this is to ship the dll with your script and put the directory your script is in into %PATH% before "import mpv": os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(__file__) + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"] If mpv-1.dll is located elsewhere, you can add that path to os.environ["PATH"].')
+
try:
+ # flags argument: LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR
+ # cf. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibraryexa
backend = CDLL(dll, 0x00001000 | 0x00000100)
except Exception as e:
- if not os.path.isabs(dll):
+ if not os.path.isabs(dll): # can only be find_library, not the "look next to mpv.py" thing
raise OSError(f'ctypes.find_library found mpv.dll at {dll}, but ctypes.CDLL could not load it. It looks like find_library found mpv.dll under a relative path entry in %PATH%. Please make sure all paths in %PATH% are absolute. Instead of trying to load mpv.dll from the current working directory, put it somewhere next to your script and add that path to %PATH% using os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(__file__) + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"]') from e
else:
raise OSError(f'ctypes.find_library found mpv.dll at {dll}, but ctypes.CDLL could not load it.') from e
fs_enc = 'utf-8'
+
else:
import locale
lc, enc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC)