[mixcloud] Failed to parse JSON

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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',
 '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[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 report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sur
e to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 676, in _parse_j
son
  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\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 676, in _parse_j
son
  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\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mixcloud.py", line 90, in _real_e
xtract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mixcloud.py", line 70, in _decryp
t_play_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 680, in _parse_j
son
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  youtub
e-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

When trying to download this sound file it is throwing an exception while parsing JSON for the file. I had another issue for this but it was closed for using an outdated version - which it wasn't. I've updated to 8.13 and it continues to happen. @dstftw made a change (da20951) three days ago but it's not available through the self updater yet.

[dstftw]

It's not yet released.

[funwhilelost]

@dstftw - verified it's working against master - thanks so much for your help on this project. 🥇