From 897376719871279eef89426b1452abb89051f0dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pukkandan Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:15:17 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Do not lock downloading file on Windows Closes #3124 --- yt_dlp/utils.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py index 2db22d676..87dd04e23 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/utils.py +++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py @@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ def sanitize_open(filename, open_mode): for attempt in range(2): try: try: + if sys.platform == 'win32': + # FIXME: Windows only has mandatory locking which also locks the file from being read. + # So for now, don't lock the file on windows. Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3124 + raise LockingUnsupportedError() stream = locked_file(filename, open_mode, block=False).__enter__() except LockingUnsupportedError: stream = open(filename, open_mode)