1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index d29e8bec5..6ea865bd9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    import ctypes
+
 from .utils import *
 from .extractor import get_info_extractor, gen_extractors
 from .FileDownloader import FileDownloader
@@ -176,6 +179,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             output = output.encode(preferredencoding())
         sys.stderr.write(output)
 
+    def to_console_title(self, message):
+        if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
+            return
+        if os.name == 'nt' and ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetConsoleWindow():
+            # c_wchar_p() might not be necessary if `message` is
+            # already of type unicode()
+            ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(ctypes.c_wchar_p(message))
+        elif 'TERM' in os.environ:
+            self.to_screen('\033]0;%s\007' % message, skip_eol=True)
+
     def fixed_template(self):
         """Checks if the output template is fixed."""
         return (re.search(u'(?u)%\\(.+?\\)s', self.params['outtmpl']) is None)