From 7c5fef884e2da02f517cdc8cd2965a1b20f17d37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diederik Hamelink <diederik@wie-niet.nl>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:25:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix unable to load *.so plugins

python3-mpv loads libmpv with RTLD_LOCAL, preventing C plugins such as mpv-mpris from resolving libmpv symbols.
---
 mpv.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index f9bf561..7d06c09 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     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, consult the documentation for ctypes.util.find_library which this script uses to look up the library filename.")
-    backend = CDLL(sofile)
+    backend = CDLL(sofile, ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
     fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()