soundcloud not working

[dspstudio]

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

[dsp@30560 ~]$ youtube-dl -g https://www.mixcloud.com/edmchi/zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download/
WARNING: Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding cannot encode all characters. Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.
ERROR: edmchi-zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('No JSON object could be decoded',)); 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.
[dsp@30560 ~]$ youtube-dl -g https://www.mixcloud.com/edmchi/zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download/ --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-g', u'https://www.mixcloud.com/edmchi/zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download/', u'--verbose']
WARNING: Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding cannot encode all characters. Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab123.9-x86_64-with-centos-7.3.1611-Core
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.6.8, ffprobe 2.6.8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: edmchi-zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('No JSON object could be decoded',)); 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/extractor/common.py", line 676, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 338, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 384, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py", line 89, in _real_extract
    play_info = self._decrypt_play_info(encrypted_play_info, track_id)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py", line 69, in _decrypt_play_info
    video_id)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 680, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
ExtractorError: edmchi-zhu-live-ultra-music-festival-2017-miami-free-download: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('No JSON object could be decoded',)); 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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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

I think mixcloud changed something.

[dstftw]

Already fixed.

[dspstudio]

just re downloaded yt-dl and i receive the same error. cant find the fix.

[dstftw]

It's not released.