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-rw-r--r--mpv.py10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index c74e737..acf7913 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import traceback
# vim: ts=4 sw=4 et
if os.name == 'nt':
- backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-1.dll'))
+ backend = CDLL('mpv-1.dll')
fs_enc = 'utf-8'
else:
import locale
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ else:
# still better than segfaulting, we are setting LC_NUMERIC to "C".
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')
- backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv'))
+ sofile = ctypes.util.find_library('mpv')
+ if sofile is None:
+ raise OSError("Cannot find libmpv in the usual places. Depending on your distro, you may try installing an "
+ "mpv-devel or mpv-libs package. If you have libmpv around but this script can't find it, maybe consult "
+ "the documentation for ctypes.util.find_library which this script uses to look up the library "
+ "filename.")
+ backend = CDLL(sofile)
fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()