X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/yt-dlp.git/blobdiff_plain/4de94b9e165bfd6421a692f5f2eabcdb08edcb71..84e26038d4002e763ea51ca1bdce4f7e63c540bf:/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index 3dc17bf59..10c7c4311 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -4441,10 +4441,12 @@ def write_xattr(path, key, value):
             raise XAttrMetadataError(e.errno, e.strerror)
         return
 
-    # UNIX Method 1. Use xattrs/pyxattrs modules
+    # UNIX Method 1. Use os.setxattr/xattrs/pyxattrs modules
 
     setxattr = None
-    if getattr(xattr, '_yt_dlp__identifier', None) == 'pyxattr':
+    if callable(getattr(os, 'setxattr', None)):
+        setxattr = os.setxattr
+    elif getattr(xattr, '_yt_dlp__identifier', None) == 'pyxattr':
         # Unicode arguments are not supported in pyxattr until version 0.5.0
         # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/5498
         if version_tuple(xattr.__version__) >= (0, 5, 0):