[Feature Request] Full resolution SoundCloud artwork download

[AwesomeAwesomeAwesome]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2019.01.30.1
• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

• Feature request (request for a new functionality)

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included:

• Example track: https://soundcloud.com/jinkamusic/ghost2u
• The regular thumbnail: https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000472040832-c39wes-t500x500.jpg
• Its full resolution version: https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000472040832-c39wes-original.jpg

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SoundCloud provides for most of its tracks a high resolution artwork

And it's extremely easy to access! You simply need to replace the -t500x500 part of the url with original or in some very rare cases with original size.

There already exists a script that adds a download button for every artwork (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/14591-soundcloud-album-art-downloader), however there is no way to automatise it.

An additional handle to force download full/original size artwork would simplify the process.

[davidchalifoux]

I was just about to make this request, thanks for putting it in!
I too would really like to see this added.

[Romern]

This is already possible, by using the --embed-thumbnail flag, and editing the thumbnail url:

--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
             self.report_extraction(name)
         thumbnail = info.get('artwork_url') or info.get('user', {}).get('avatar_url')
         if isinstance(thumbnail, compat_str):
-            thumbnail = thumbnail.replace('-large', '-t500x500')
+            thumbnail = thumbnail.replace('-large', '-original')
         username = try_get(info, lambda x: x['user']['username'], compat_str)
 
         def extract_count(key):

However, I am not sure if it should be made permanent, I would prefer an option for choosing the thumbnail quality.

EDIT: I just tried it on a huge amount of tracks, and out of 897 tracks, 48 did not have an original sized thumbnail, so it is not always available.

[pyxelr]

@AwesomeAwesomeAwesome @RomanKarwacik:
I would also prefer to choose between original / 500x500 size. The original is too large for my requirements, hence significantly increases the file size.
Is there some easy way to specify the dimensions of the thumbnail in youtube-dl?

[pyxelr]

@AwesomeAwesomeAwesome @RomanKarwacik:
I would also prefer to choose between original / 500x500 size. The original is too large for my requirements, hence significantly increases the file size.
Is there some easy way to specify the dimensions of the thumbnail in youtube-dl?

Problem solved.
It simply required to modify a single line of soundcloud.py:
elif image_id == 'original': into elif image_id == 't500x500':