From 2d6921210d1cf04f041787b527af99a8488780c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:52:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [postprocessor] fix write_debug when no _downloader

---
 youtube_dlc/postprocessor/common.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dlc/postprocessor/common.py b/youtube_dlc/postprocessor/common.py
index 7fb85413f..b641099e6 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/postprocessor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/postprocessor/common.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
 
     def write_debug(self, text, prefix=True, *args, **kwargs):
         tag = '[debug] ' if prefix else ''
-        if self.get_param('verbose', False):
+        if self.get_param('verbose', False) and self._downloader:
             return self._downloader.to_screen('%s%s' % (tag, text), *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_param(self, name, default=None, *args, **kwargs):