[XAttrMetadata] Refactor and document dependencies

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/dependencies.py b/yt_dlp/dependencies.py
index a4c2e5f06..772cfb576 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/dependencies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/dependencies.py
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
     websockets = None
 
 
+try:
+    import xattr  # xattr or pyxattr
+except ImportError:
+    xattr = None
+else:
+    if hasattr(xattr, 'set'):  # pyxattr
+        xattr._yt_dlp__identifier = 'pyxattr'
+
+
 all_dependencies = {k: v for k, v in globals().items() if not k.startswith('_')}