Soundcloud links no longer playing

For questions and discussion that is NOT (I repeat NOT) specific to a certain Operating System.
xamuth
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 5
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 02:20

Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby xamuth » 04 Mar 2021 22:04

The usual Open Network trick for playing Soundcloud links seems to have stopped working today. Just this morning I listened to something from SC in VLC without a hitch, and now nothing will load (even the same thing I listened to just a few hours earlier). Need an update on that .lua file I suppose?

Lotesdelere
Cone Master
Cone Master
Posts: 9964
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 04:39
Location: Europe

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby Lotesdelere » 05 Mar 2021 09:21

Need an update on that .lua file I suppose?

Yep, I guess so:

Code: Select all

access error: HTTP 401 error lua error: Couldn't extract soundcloud audio URL, please check for updates to this script

And that's with a public URL which doesn't need any log in and plays fine with other players:
https://soundcloud.com/juan_mj_10/led-z ... ock-n-roll

Rémi Denis-Courmont
Developer
Developer
Posts: 15265
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 16:01
VLC version: master
Operating System: Linux
Contact:

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 05 Mar 2021 17:47

Even with a seemingly working extractor, it's failing due to what looks like a bug in the adaptive plugin:

Code: Select all

[0000611000054dc0] adaptive demux error: Failed to create demuxer (nil) Unknown [000061e0000a2080] main input debug: EOF reached
It might be a bug in the extractor though.
Rémi Denis-Courmont
https://www.remlab.net/
Private messages soliciting support will be systematically discarded

mederi
Big Cone-huna
Big Cone-huna
Posts: 1951
Joined: 15 Mar 2011 16:38
VLC version: 2.0.8
Operating System: Windows Vista/XP

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby mederi » 07 Mar 2021 15:09


xamuth
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 5
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 02:20

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby xamuth » 08 Mar 2021 03:42

It works! Thank you so much.

Ysl
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 7
Joined: 14 May 2010 15:59

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby Ysl » 08 Mar 2021 19:30

Hi

Same issue here but I do not understand how to solve it..

I have no .lua files but .luac (VLC 3.0.11) - Windows 10
I have soundcloud.luac and youtube.luac and the script looks like this (not like the script file I can copy/paste in the solution proposed here)

LuaQ G @../../extras/package/win32/../../../share/lua/playlist/soundcloud.lua $ $@ @ $€ € $À À € probe fix_quotes extract_magic parse @@ K€@ ÁÀ \€ € E F@Á W€Á À €E F@Á ÀÁ @€E F@ € Á€ \€€@ €B@ B € ^ € vlc path gsub ^www%. access http https string

This is only a small part of it

Please help me to understand how to play Soundcloud again in VLC :)

mederi
Big Cone-huna
Big Cone-huna
Posts: 1951
Joined: 15 Mar 2011 16:38
VLC version: 2.0.8
Operating System: Windows Vista/XP

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby mederi » 10 Mar 2021 16:23

Just delete "soundcloud.luac" and put the updated "soundcloud.lua" in the same folder.

Ysl
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 7
Joined: 14 May 2010 15:59

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby Ysl » 10 Mar 2021 16:36

Downloaded the latest version of VLC, deleted the old one and it works ok now ! Thanks for your help :)

mederi
Big Cone-huna
Big Cone-huna
Posts: 1951
Joined: 15 Mar 2011 16:38
VLC version: 2.0.8
Operating System: Windows Vista/XP

Re: Soundcloud links no longer playing

Postby mederi » 11 Mar 2021 13:45

Or just use the latest VLC nightly build: http://nightlies.videolan.org/


Return to “General VLC media player Troubleshooting”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests