From c318236b8882af860f16f936225430ad053a2179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kacper=20Michaj=C5=82ow?= <kasper93@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:37:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] player: drop the enhancement-layer pairing when the media has
 no EL

---
 demux/stheader.h  | 2 +-
 player/playloop.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/demux/stheader.h b/demux/stheader.h
index fb50654249..18f274aed7 100644
--- a/demux/stheader.h
+++ b/demux/stheader.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static inline struct sh_stream *sh_stream_dependent_sibling(struct sh_stream *bl
     for (int i = 0; i < bl->group->num_members; i++) {
         struct sh_stream *m = bl->group->members[i];
         if (m && m != bl && m->dependent_track && m->type == bl->type)
-            return m;
+            return m->absent ? NULL : m;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/player/playloop.c b/player/playloop.c
index e219aea447..e35b2e8639 100644
--- a/player/playloop.c
+++ b/player/playloop.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,8 @@ void run_playloop(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 
     update_sparse_video(mpctx);
 
+    update_vo_chain_el_pair(mpctx);
+
     handle_cursor_autohide(mpctx);
     handle_vo_events(mpctx);
     handle_command_updates(mpctx);