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Music Assistant 2.10.3

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Music Assistant has support for Soundcloud. Contributed by gieljnssns. Maintained by robsonke

SoundCloud is a site where anyone can upload and share audio, so a great deal of what is on it comes straight from the artist. It is where DJ mixes, remixes, demos and music that has not been released anywhere else tend to turn up.

Connecting your account puts what you have liked and followed on SoundCloud into Music Assistant, with the wider catalogue there to search.

Features

Section titled “Features”
Subscription FREEYes
Self-Hosted Local MediaNo
Media Types SupportedArtists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists
Recommendations SupportedNo
Lyrics SupportedNo
Endless MixNo
Artist Top Tracks SupportYes
Similar Artists SupportNo
Similar Tracks SupportYes
Maximum Stream QualityAAC 256kbps
Login MethodCookie

Configuration

Section titled “Configuration”

SoundCloud has no sign-in for outside apps, so two values have to be copied out of your browser while you log in. You need a Client id and an Authorization.

  1. Clear your SoundCloud cookies, so that logging in again produces the requests you need to see
  2. Go to SoundCloud but do not log in yet
  3. Press F12 to open your browser’s developer tools, and go to the Network tab
  4. Now log in. A long list of entries will appear
  5. Type auth in the filter box to narrow the list down
  6. Look through those entries for client_id. It is a run of 32 letters and numbers. Copy it
  7. Now find the oauth_token cookie for soundcloud.com and copy its value. In Music Assistant this goes in the Authorization field with OAuth typed in front of it, including the space

The screenshots below show where each of these appears.

Client id

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OAuth token

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Filled in, the two fields should look like this. These values are made up — use your own:

client_id = 5Hvc9wa0Ejf092wj3f3920w3F920asuL
Authorization = OAuth 2-26432-21446-asdif2309fQ

Known Issues / Notes

Section titled “Known Issues / Notes”
  • What SoundCloud calls an artist is really whoever holds the account, so that is what appears as the artist in Music Assistant. If someone else uploads a track by an artist, it will be filed under the uploader rather than under the artist

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