[mixcloud] Failed to parse JSON

[funwhilelost]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--extract-audio', '--audio-format=mp3', 'https://www.mixcloud.com/zedsdead/zeds-dead-diplo-friends-mix-2016/', '--verbose']

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.4, ffprobe 3.3.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[mixcloud] zedsdead-zeds-dead-diplo-friends-mix-2016: Downloading webpage
ERROR: zedsdead-zeds-dead-diplo-friends-mix-2016: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please rep
ort 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 th
e --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 676, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 676, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mixcloud.py", line 89, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mixcloud.py", line 69, in _decrypt_play_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 680, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: zedsdead-zeds-dead-diplo-friends-mix-2016: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column
1 (char 0)',)); 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.

Certain Mixcloud shows are failing to download with a JSON parsing error. In this case the example URL is https://www.mixcloud.com/zedsdead/zeds-dead-diplo-friends-mix-2016

[dstftw]

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl. Read this FAQ entry if you have troubles updating.

[funwhilelost]

Well it was current when I filed it and it continues to fail in 8.13