SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses

Re:SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses by tripzilch on Thursday February 11, 2016 @02:12PM (#11082340)

If I really like a track I hear on Soundcloud, I download it with youtube-dl.

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Re:SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses by exhilaration on Thursday February 11, 2016 @02:58PM (#11082739)

Thanks, I had no idea this was possible.

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Re:SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses by jjn2009 on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:01PM (#11084022)

All the files they host are just mp3 hosted in s3 with no encryption or authentication required.

Its 128kbps which is disappointing but its no different from how it would sound streaming on the site.

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Re:SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses by tripzilch on Friday February 12, 2016 @07:38PM (#11091766)

They can be better than 128kbps, it depends on the quality you upload. But that's the artists choice and obviously if you want the best quality you should buy it. Also if you don't care about the quality but really like the song you should buy it :)

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Re:SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses by jjn2009 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @02:35PM (#11120569)

Do you know under what conditions the stream is higher than 128kbps? I've only done a small amount of digging around on their APIs and have not found anything but that.

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