[xattr] Enhanced error messages on Windows

10 years ago · c827d4cfdb
parent fbff30d2db
commit c827d4cfdb
1 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ class XAttrMetadataPP(PostProcessor):
                self._downloader.report_warning(
                    'Unable to write extended attributes due to too long values.')
            else:
-                self._downloader.report_error(
-                    'This filesystem doesn\'t support extended attributes. ' +
-                    '(You may have to enable them in your /etc/fstab)')
+                msg = 'This filesystem doesn\'t support extended attributes. '
+                if os.name == 'nt':
+                    msg += 'You need to use NTFS.'
+                else:
+                    msg += '(You may have to enable them in your /etc/fstab)'
+                self._downloader.report_error(msg)
            return [], info