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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
index 27e273000..7d88e1308 100644
--- 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