From e42447d45ed4bdaf845c2a194421d13dc3a09af6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: namedkitten <kitteh@kitteh.pw>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:57:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Hacky fix for direct setting.

---
 src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.cpp | 6 ++++--
 src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.hpp | 2 ++
 src/main.cpp                    | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.cpp b/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.cpp
index 95356b8..c662873 100644
--- a/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ auto mpvLogger = initLogger("mpv");
 
 bool usedirect = false;
 
+void setUseDirect(bool h) {
+  usedirect = h;
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 void
@@ -138,8 +142,6 @@ MPVBackend::MPVBackend(QQuickItem* parent)
 {
   if (!mpv)
     throw std::runtime_error("could not create mpv context");
-  QSettings settings;
-  usedirect = settings.value("Backend/direct", false).toBool();
 
   mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "terminal", "on");
   mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "msg-level", "all=v");
diff --git a/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.hpp b/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.hpp
index 9eebeae..39379f4 100644
--- a/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.hpp
+++ b/src/Backends/MPV/MPVBackend.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "src/enums.hpp"
 #include "src/utils.hpp"
 
+void setUseDirect(bool);
+
 class MpvRenderer;
 
 class MPVBackend
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index dad7e8d..e3a9d01 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
   QSettings settings;
 
+  setUseDirect(settings.value("backend/direct", false).toBool());
+
   Utils::SetDPMS(false);
 
   QString newpath =