--- lives-0.9.8.6/lives-plugins/plugins/encoders/multi_encoder.orig	2007-11-26 23:50:28.986148300 +0100
+++ lives-0.9.8.6/lives-plugins/plugins/encoders/multi_encoder	2007-11-27 02:31:35.511459257 +0100
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 # 80 characters long. This should be fixed in a future version
 # of MJPEGtools (> 1.6.2).
 TEMPDIR = './metd'
+PYTHON_PLUGINS_DIR = '/usr/share/lives/plugins/python/'
 
 def run(command):
     """
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
             abs_command = command
     else:
         path = os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
-        for dir in path:
+        for dir in path + [PYTHON_PLUGINS_DIR]:
             abs_command = os.path.join(dir, command)
             if os.path.isfile(abs_command) and \
                os.access(abs_command, os.X_OK):
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@
             quiet = '-q'
             tonull = '2> /dev/null'
 
-        encode_command = ' '.join([prog + '_encoder.py', '-o', \
+        encode_command = ' '.join([PYTHON_PLUGINS_DIR + prog + '_encoder.py', '-o', \
                                    outfile, '-w', tempdir, '-a', arc, \
                                    '-f', fpsc, quiet, '-t', \
                                    type, '-s ./audiodump.wav', \