From 9efff2d3298f63ba32b211b69937c8db37a593b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mxmehl Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:00:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add additional info --- README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..388fa8a --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Script to download Mixcloud sets + +Mixcloud offers no API or direct download at the moment. +Additionally, even if you gather the direct download link, they limit the download after some seconds to a minimum. + +This script extracts the download link. Then it starts the download process but kills it after a given time just to reconnect it afterwards until the file is completely downloaded. + +Right now the link extractor works thanks to reverse engineering, but maybe Mixcloud will change the method soon...