Tool written in Python to download tracks from SoundCloud.
First build. Please report any issues.
Windows binaries
| Type | URL example |
|---|---|
| Album/playlist | https://soundcloud.com/x/sets/x |
| Artist albums | https://soundcloud.com/x/albums |
| Artist tracks | https://soundcloud.com/x/tracks |
| Track | https://soundcloud.com/x/x https://soundcloud.com/x/x?in=x/sets/x |
| User likes | https://soundcloud.com/you/likes |
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
| 64 Kbps Opus | Sometimes. |
| 128 Kbps MP3 | Always. |
| 256 Kbps AAC | Sometimes, Go+ req. |
| WAV, FLAC etc (download button) | Sometimes. |
- Put FFmpeg binary (win64, gpl) in SC-DL's folder.
- Fill in
config.json(any specified CLI arguments will override these). - Dump cookies using chrome_cookies.py/chrome_cookies_x86.exe for Chrome or firefox_cookies.py/firefox_cookies_x86.exe for Firefox (login first). You can also use a browser extension such as EditThisCookie (cookies file must be named "cookies.txt" and in Netscape format).
- Call it with your args via Command Prompt.
sc-dl.py/sc-dl_x86.exe -u <media url>
Download a single track.
sc-dl.py/sc-dl_x86.exe -u https://soundcloud.com/pauloakenfold/paul-oakenfold-tranceport
Download all user albums.
sc-dl.py/sc-dl_x86.exe -u https://soundcloud.com/pauloakenfold/albums
Download from two lists and all user likes.
sc-dl.py/sc-dl_x86.exe -u E:/urls.txt E:/urls_2.txt https://soundcloud.com/you/likes
You can mix all media types. Duplicate URLs and text files will be filtered.
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usage: sc-dl.py [-h] -u URLS [URLS ...] [-q {1,2,3,4}] [-o OUTPUT_PATH] [-t TEMPLATE] [-k]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u URLS [URLS ...], --urls URLS [URLS ...]
Multiple links or text file filenames / paths.
-q {1,2,3,4}, --quality {1,2,3,4}
1: 64kbps Opus, 2: 128 Kbps MP3, 3: 256 Kbps AAC, 4: best/download.
-o OUTPUT_PATH, --output-path OUTPUT_PATH
Output path. Double up backslashes or use single forward slashes for Windows.
-t TEMPLATE, --template TEMPLATE
Naming template for track filenames.
-k, --keep-cover Keep cover in album folder.