[mixcloud] download stops after 5-10%, restarting downloads another 5-10%

[kicks66]

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$ youtube-dl -v https://www.mixcloud.com/essentialmixcollection/20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.mixcloud.com/essentialmixcollection/20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.05.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-17.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[mixcloud] essentialmixcollection-20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou: Downloading webpage
[mixcloud] essentialmixcollection-20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou: Downloading JS
[mixcloud] essentialmixcollection-20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou: Downloading m3u8 information
[mixcloud] essentialmixcollection-20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://stream1.mixcloud.com/secure/c/m4a/64/f/0/f/2/21a7-3d30-49db-9b88-e641f5165163.m4a?sig=YtNdXXt_f6wVw9jC_kZ1hw'
[download] Resuming download at byte 12515328
[download] Destination: 2018.03.10 - Essential Mix - Peggy Gou-essentialmixcollection-20180310-essential-mix-peggy-gou.m4a
[download]  26.2% of 60.86MiB at 25.54MiB/s ETA 00:01

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Same issue as referenced here: #14088 which has now been closed with a fix, however still receving the same issue where the download hangs after 5 - 10%. Stopping the script and restarting will download another 5-10%.

[dstftw]

#12579 (comment)

[kicks66]

Stopping the script and starting it again seems to refresh the traffic shaping (I'm guessing as its a new connection, and they are only doing rudimentary tracking?) - is there a way to have the script continuously close and open connections to make downloads faster?

[dstftw]

--http-chunk-size.