Downloading from mixcloud.com no longer possible

[AndyRubio]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

MacBook-Pro:~ andyrubio$ youtube-dl https://beta.mixcloud.com/RedLightRadio/nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016/ --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://beta.mixcloud.com/RedLightRadio/nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016/', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-16.1.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.4, avprobe 11.4, ffmpeg 2.5.2, rtmpdump 2.4-83-gf580c1a-get_iplayer
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016: Downloading webpage
[generic] nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016: Extracting information
[mixcloud] widget-iframe: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract play info; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 357, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py", line 80, in _real_extract
    r'm-play-info="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'play info')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 660, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract play info; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.


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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
A good example - https://beta.mixcloud.com/RedLightRadio/nosedrip-15-red-light-radio-01-18-2016/

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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

I have been used to downloading audio files from www.mixcloud.com no problem. Huge thanks the people who made this possible. However it seems that mic=xcloud have a new site in beta, and downloads are no longer possible. If user error, am happy to be proven a klutz.