[soundcloud] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401

[pihug12]

Youtube-DL is up-to-date (version 2015.09.22) and I can't download tracks from Soundcloud.

λ python youtube-dl https://soundcloud.com/kove/guestmix-for-friction-on-bbc-r1-15th-sept-2015 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--no-mtime', u'--no-cache-dir']
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://soundcloud.com/kove/guestmix-for-friction-on-bbc-r1-15th-sept-2015', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.09.22
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] kove/guestmix-for-friction-on-bbc-r1-15th-sept-2015: Resolving id
[soundcloud] kove/guestmix-for-friction-on-bbc-r1-15th-sept-2015: Downloading info JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
  File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 326, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 448, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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λ python youtube-dl https://soundcloud.com/tim-e-aka-current-value/current-value-abrasion-free-download --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--no-mtime', u'--no-cache-dir']
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://soundcloud.com/tim-e-aka-current-value/current-value-abrasion-free-download', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.09.22
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] tim-e-aka-current-value/current-value-abrasion-free-download: Resolving id
[soundcloud] tim-e-aka-current-value/current-value-abrasion-free-download: Downloading info JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
  File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 326, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "youtube-dl\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 448, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "D:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[pihug12]

Oups! I didn't see eb11cbe and #6930.
My bad!

[h1rule]

I did youtube-dl -U , but still that bug.

[ddevault]

Ditto. Fix does not work.

[pricejn2]

The fix will be in the next release (ie, whatever comes after 2015.09.22). Until then youtube-dl -U won't help.

[ddevault]

I tested from git.

[pricejn2]

@SirCmpwn it works for me.

[ddevault]

My bad. After testing again, it works. Must have done something wrong the first time around.

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #6930.