From fe1daad3cb224904cc72462204da5f6427be6f44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 11:08:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix for 59f943cd5097e9bdbc3cb3e6b5675e43d369341a

Fixes: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/59f943cd5097e9bdbc3cb3e6b5675e43d369341a#commitcomment-73251597
---
 yt_dlp/utils.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 62dc412a85..c9589537f7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -1881,8 +1881,7 @@ def write_string(s, out=None, encoding=None):
     assert isinstance(s, str)
     out = out or sys.stderr
 
-    from .compat import WINDOWS_VT_MODE  # Must be imported locally
-    if WINDOWS_VT_MODE:
+    if compat_os_name == 'nt' and supports_terminal_sequences(out):
         s = re.sub(r'([\r\n]+)', r' \1', s)
 
     if 'b' in getattr(out, 'mode', ''):