-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-        # extract uploader & filename from url
-        uploader = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
-        file_id = uploader + "-" + mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
-
-        # construct API request
-        file_url = 'http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/' + '/'.join(url.split('/')[-3:-1]) + '.json'
-        # retrieve .json file with links to files
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(file_url)
-        try:
-            self.report_download_json(file_url)
-            jsonData = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to retrieve file: %s' % compat_str(err))
-
-        # parse JSON
-        json_data = json.loads(jsonData)
-        player_url = json_data['player_swf_url']
-        formats = dict(json_data['audio_formats'])
-
-        req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
-
-        if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', None):
-            self._print_formats(formats)
-            return
-
-        if req_format is None or req_format == 'best':
-            for format_param in formats.keys():
-                url_list = self.get_urls(formats, format_param)
-                # check urls
-                file_url = self.check_urls(url_list)
-                if file_url is not None:
-                    break # got it!
-        else:
-            if req_format not in formats:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Format is not available')
-
-            url_list = self.get_urls(formats, req_format)
-            file_url = self.check_urls(url_list)
-            format_param = req_format
-
-        return [{
-            'id': file_id.decode('utf-8'),
-            'url': file_url.decode('utf-8'),
-            'uploader': uploader.decode('utf-8'),
-            'upload_date': None,
-            'title': json_data['name'],
-            'ext': file_url.split('.')[-1].decode('utf-8'),
-            'format': (format_param is None and u'NA' or format_param.decode('utf-8')),
-            'thumbnail': json_data['thumbnail_url'],
-            'description': json_data['description'],
-            'player_url': player_url.decode('utf-8'),
-        }]
+        uploader = mobj.group(1)
+        cloudcast_name = mobj.group(2)
+        track_id = '-'.join((uploader, cloudcast_name))
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, track_id)
+
+        api_url = 'http://api.mixcloud.com/%s/%s/' % (uploader, cloudcast_name)
+        info = self._download_json(
+            api_url, track_id, 'Downloading cloudcast info')
+
+        preview_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'\s(?:data-preview-url|m-preview)="(.+?)"', webpage, 'preview url')
+        song_url = preview_url.replace('/previews/', '/c/originals/')
+        template_url = re.sub(r'(stream\d*)', 'stream%d', song_url)
+        final_song_url = self._get_url(template_url)
+        if final_song_url is None:
+            self.to_screen('Trying with m4a extension')
+            template_url = template_url.replace('.mp3', '.m4a').replace('originals/', 'm4a/64/')
+            final_song_url = self._get_url(template_url)
+        if final_song_url is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract track url')
+
+        return {
+            'id': track_id,
+            'title': info['name'],
+            'url': final_song_url,
+            'description': info.get('description'),
+            'thumbnail': info['pictures'].get('extra_large'),
+            'uploader': info['user']['name'],
+            'uploader_id': info['user']['username'],
+            'upload_date': unified_strdate(info['created_time']),
+            'view_count': info['play_count'],
+        }