partial fix for mac

cmd/mxl-player/main.go

@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("SDL_Init: %s", sdl.GetError())
 		return
 	}
+	defer sdl.Quit()
 
 	sdlAudioDevice := sdl.AudioDeviceDefaultPlayback
 	if args.PlaybackId != 0 {
@@ -209,12 +210,27 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	vulkanPath := os.Getenv("VULKAN_LIBRARY")
+	if vulkanPath != "" {
+		if !sdl.VulkanLoadLibrary(vulkanPath) {
+			log.Fatalf(
+				"SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary: %s",
+				sdl.GetError(),
+			)
+		}
+		defer sdl.VulkanUnloadLibrary()
+	}
+
+	if err := vk.Load(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	windowHandler := sdl.CreateWindow(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", APP_NAME, APP_VER), WIN_WIDTH, WIN_HEIGHT, sdl.WindowVulkan|sdl.WindowResizable)
 	if windowHandler == 0 {
-		sdl.Quit()
 		log.Fatalf("SDL_CreateWindow: %s", sdl.GetError())
 		return
 	}
+	defer sdl.DestroyWindow(windowHandler)
 
 	// ImGui init
 	gui := imgui.New()
@@ -236,10 +252,6 @@ func main() {
 	defer sdl.StopTextInput(windowHandler)
 	// fin on ImGui init
 
-	if err := vk.Load(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
 	sdlExtensions := sdl.VulkanGetInstanceExtensions()
 	if len(sdlExtensions) == 0 {
 		log.Fatal("sdlVulkanGetInstanceExtensions is 0")

go.mod

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module mxl-player
 
 go 1.26.0
 
+replace github.com/christerso/vulkan-go => /home/itten/extra/vulkan-go
+
 require (
 	github.com/christerso/vulkan-go v0.0.0-20260618152204-bff25e5b7646
 	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.10.2

go.sum

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/AllenDang/cimgui-go v1.5.0 h1:wnS4h1wWyE+3x59cHJnNSszka7pIR+pehim6ifOk9Rg=
 github.com/AllenDang/cimgui-go v1.5.0/go.mod h1:w7LE33Ex/ZOHqaFBWBHOIVMY4yLSwGLpJMUpX/fb5p4=
-github.com/christerso/vulkan-go v0.0.0-20260618152204-bff25e5b7646 h1:xfc6rFxs+U4XktxQa7jyPfg9g0xlb5STDsQn8sURsyo=
-github.com/christerso/vulkan-go v0.0.0-20260618152204-bff25e5b7646/go.mod h1:DIo6W2yFav1DflNKc0W0Oc7mecbdBg2btsaHhIYmwUA=
 github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.10.2 h1:W809HbnvzAxgdm+aOvlSekrM16wGCdT/e76+9tS7gzE=
 github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.10.2/go.mod h1:iIjxzd6CiRiOG0UyXP+V1+jWqUXVjPKLAI0mRfJZTmQ=
 github.com/qvest-digital/go-mxl v1.1.0-rc.1 h1:CUg29Q5c/JA6pqyA5gP3vu7JBr8lRXbOOxC+r0W572s=

internal/sdl/sdl.go

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ var (
 	sdlCreateWindow  func(title *byte, w, h int32, flags uint64) uintptr
 	sdlDestroyWindow func(window uintptr)
 
+	sdlVulkanLoadLibrary           func(path *byte) bool
+	sdlVulkanUnloadLibrary         func()
 	sdlVulkanGetInstanceExtensions func(count *uint32) uintptr
 	sdlVulkanCreateSurface         func(window, instance, allocator uintptr, surface *uint64) bool
 
@@ -153,8 +155,13 @@ func Load() error {
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlGetError, h, "SDL_GetError")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlCreateWindow, h, "SDL_CreateWindow")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlDestroyWindow, h, "SDL_DestroyWindow")
+
+	// vulkan
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlVulkanLoadLibrary, h, "SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlVulkanUnloadLibrary, h, "SDL_Vulkan_UnloadLibrary")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlVulkanGetInstanceExtensions, h, "SDL_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlVulkanCreateSurface, h, "SDL_Vulkan_CreateSurface")
+
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlPollEvent, h, "SDL_PollEvent")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlGetWindowSizeInPixels, h, "SDL_GetWindowSizeInPixels")
 	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&sdlSetWindowFullscreen, h, "SDL_SetWindowFullscreen")
@@ -186,6 +193,14 @@ func CreateWindow(title string, w, h int32, flags uint64) uintptr {
 }
 func DestroyWindow(window uintptr) { sdlDestroyWindow(window) }
 
+func VulkanLoadLibrary(path string) bool {
+	return sdlVulkanLoadLibrary(cbytes(path))
+}
+
+func VulkanUnloadLibrary() {
+	sdlVulkanUnloadLibrary()
+}
+
 func VulkanGetInstanceExtensions() []string {
 	var count uint32
 	vkExts := sdlVulkanGetInstanceExtensions(&count)