[soundcloud] downloads first 30s preview only #18298

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opened 2026-02-21 08:36:19 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 08:36:19 -05:00

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Originally created by @PSlava on GitHub (Oct 22, 2019).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.10.22
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

bash-3.2$ ./youtube-dl -v http://www.soundcloud.com/snbrn/ele
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.soundcloud.com/snbrn/ele']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.10.22
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] snbrn/ele: Downloading webpage
[soundcloud] snbrn/ele: Downloading info JSON
[soundcloud] 333747329: Downloading track url
[soundcloud] 333747329: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://cf-preview-media.sndcdn.com/preview/0/30/F6piIsWNB39O.128.mp3?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLXByZXZpZXctbWVkaWEuc25kY2RuLmNvbS9wcmV2aWV3LzAvMzAvRjZwaUlzV05CMzlPLjEyOC5tcDMiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE1NzE3NjYzOTV9fX1dfQ__&Signature=HFD0lu-IpReLCAQhCBCHUZTqd~~XqADTH2IheVas98urFYr9ywH4OyBidV4Fk5ALmc34aTnW6j4mCMzh7Ze448UAc3jWRIjhFNudU5nnX4kt9~~lsdl3MHiAIHA0rsPXlyh3lUg0F7FV~~SUAKQQP4dPfu8DZfyKlYt4DARdxhH2Va-zlX2oWxOLccDOmrh8K1U2-qgpmnEyAq-hFXgBUcRHLvPzDc7OrugEtBI1l9QYwpurE0vn2uyldb8QU3YJg7OzLmSCrskvxJv-Q1IUBakILXiyRCnM~~HEVWq2M1vJGOBjkQfEk6CtV8O8kd3dwOb53kKJO0FepbJT3huI9p-L0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ'
[download] Destination: ELE-333747329.mp3
[download] 100% of 467.34KiB in 00:00

bash-3.2$ ffmpeg -i ELE-333747329.mp3
ffmpeg version 4.1.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple LLVM version 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4)
configuration:
libavutil 56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
libavcodec 58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
libavformat 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
libavdevice 58. 5.100 / 58. 5.100
libavfilter 7. 40.101 / 7. 40.101
libswscale 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100
libswresample 3. 3.100 / 3. 3.100
libpostproc 55. 3.100 / 55. 3.100
[mp3 @ 0x7f9ab5000000] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'ELE-333747329.mp3':
Duration: 00:00:29.91, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 127 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s

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Using v1 SoundCloud API leads to downloading of 30s preview only. Both http and hls stream are preview.

Originally created by @PSlava on GitHub (Oct 22, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.10.22** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  bash-3.2$ ./youtube-dl -v http://www.soundcloud.com/snbrn/ele [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.soundcloud.com/snbrn/ele'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.10.22 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [soundcloud] snbrn/ele: Downloading webpage [soundcloud] snbrn/ele: Downloading info JSON [soundcloud] 333747329: Downloading track url [soundcloud] 333747329: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best [debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://cf-preview-media.sndcdn.com/preview/0/30/F6piIsWNB39O.128.mp3?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLXByZXZpZXctbWVkaWEuc25kY2RuLmNvbS9wcmV2aWV3LzAvMzAvRjZwaUlzV05CMzlPLjEyOC5tcDMiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE1NzE3NjYzOTV9fX1dfQ__&Signature=HFD0lu-IpReLCAQhCBCHUZTqd~XqADTH2IheVas98urFYr9ywH4OyBidV4Fk5ALmc34aTnW6j4mCMzh7Ze448UAc3jWRIjhFNudU5nnX4kt9~lsdl3MHiAIHA0rsPXlyh3lUg0F7FV~SUAKQQP4dPfu8DZfyKlYt4DARdxhH2Va-zlX2oWxOLccDOmrh8K1U2-qgpmnEyAq-hFXgBUcRHLvPzDc7OrugEtBI1l9QYwpurE0vn2uyldb8QU3YJg7OzLmSCrskvxJv-Q1IUBakILXiyRCnM~HEVWq2M1vJGOBjkQfEk6CtV8O8kd3dwOb53kKJO0FepbJT3huI9p-L0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ' [download] Destination: ELE-333747329.mp3 [download] 100% of 467.34KiB in 00:00 bash-3.2$ ffmpeg -i ELE-333747329.mp3 ffmpeg version 4.1.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple LLVM version 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4) configuration: libavutil 56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100 libavcodec 58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100 libavformat 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100 libavdevice 58. 5.100 / 58. 5.100 libavfilter 7. 40.101 / 7. 40.101 libswscale 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100 libswresample 3. 3.100 / 3. 3.100 libpostproc 55. 3.100 / 55. 3.100 [mp3 @ 0x7f9ab5000000] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Input #0, mp3, from 'ELE-333747329.mp3': Duration: 00:00:29.91, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 127 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s ## Description  Using v1 SoundCloud API leads to downloading of 30s preview only. Both http and hls stream are preview.

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