diff --git a/test/test_playlists.py b/test/test_playlists.py
index 02fcde1f7..fe6274e60 100644
--- a/test/test_playlists.py
+++ b/test/test_playlists.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 from test.helper import (
+    assertRegexpMatches,
     expect_info_dict,
     FakeYDL,
 )
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     UstreamChannelIE,
     SoundcloudSetIE,
     SoundcloudUserIE,
+    SoundcloudPlaylistIE,
     LivestreamIE,
     NHLVideocenterIE,
     BambuserChannelIE,
@@ -124,6 +126,17 @@ def test_soundcloud_user(self):
         self.assertEqual(result['id'], '9615865')
         self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 12)
 
+    def test_soundcloud_playlist(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = SoundcloudPlaylistIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/4110309')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], '4110309')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'TILT Brass - Bowery Poetry Club, August \'03 [Non-Site SCR 02]')
+        assertRegexpMatches(
+            self, result['description'], r'TILT Brass - Bowery Poetry Club')
+        self.assertEqual(len(result['entries']), 6)
+
     def test_livestream_event(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = LivestreamIE(dl)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index f8ece261a..9529077c7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -237,7 +237,12 @@
     SmotriBroadcastIE,
 )
 from .sohu import SohuIE
-from .soundcloud import SoundcloudIE, SoundcloudSetIE, SoundcloudUserIE
+from .soundcloud import (
+    SoundcloudIE,
+    SoundcloudSetIE,
+    SoundcloudUserIE,
+    SoundcloudPlaylistIE
+)
 from .southparkstudios import (
     SouthParkStudiosIE,
     SouthparkDeIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index ef02b6896..10b0cbe69 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -548,6 +548,13 @@ def _formats_key(f):
             )
         formats.sort(key=_formats_key)
 
+    def http_scheme(self):
+        """ Either "https:" or "https:", depending on the user's preferences """
+        return (
+            'http:'
+            if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
+            else 'https:')
+
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
@@ -591,3 +598,4 @@ def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
     @property
     def SEARCH_KEY(self):
         return self._SEARCH_KEY
+
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index d7f0a4d39..1ae55dc5a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -348,10 +348,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         if url.startswith('//'):
             return {
                 '_type': 'url',
-                'url': (
-                    'http:'
-                    if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
-                    else 'https:') + url,
+                'url': self.http_scheme() + url,
             }
 
         parsed_url = compat_urlparse.urlparse(url)
@@ -636,6 +633,14 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         if smotri_url:
             return self.url_result(smotri_url, 'Smotri')
 
+        # Look for embeded soundcloud player
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'<iframe src="(?P<url>https?://(?:w\.)?soundcloud\.com/player[^"]+)"',
+            webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            url = unescapeHTML(mobj.group('url'))
+            return self.url_result(url)
+
         # Start with something easy: JW Player in SWFObject
         found = re.findall(r'flashvars: [\'"](?:.*&)?file=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
         if not found:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 8893699aa..d6f453fb9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
        of the stream token and uid
      """
 
-    _VALID_URL = r'''^(?:https?://)?
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)^(?:https?://)?
                     (?:(?:(?:www\.|m\.)?soundcloud\.com/
                             (?P<uploader>[\w\d-]+)/
                             (?!sets/)(?P<title>[\w\d-]+)/?
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
     _CLIENT_ID = 'b45b1aa10f1ac2941910a7f0d10f8e28'
     _IPHONE_CLIENT_ID = '376f225bf427445fc4bfb6b99b72e0bf'
 
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, flags=re.VERBOSE) is not None
-
     def report_resolve(self, video_id):
         """Report information extraction."""
         self.to_screen('%s: Resolving id' % video_id)
@@ -141,11 +137,10 @@ def _extract_info_dict(self, info, full_title=None, quiet=False, secret_token=No
         # We have to retrieve the url
         streams_url = ('http://api.soundcloud.com/i1/tracks/{0}/streams?'
             'client_id={1}&secret_token={2}'.format(track_id, self._IPHONE_CLIENT_ID, secret_token))
-        stream_json = self._download_webpage(
+        format_dict = self._download_json(
             streams_url,
             track_id, 'Downloading track url')
 
-        format_dict = json.loads(stream_json)
         for key, stream_url in format_dict.items():
             if key.startswith('http'):
                 formats.append({
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             full_title = track_id
         elif mobj.group('player'):
             query = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).query)
-            return self.url_result(query['url'][0], ie='Soundcloud')
+            return self.url_result(query['url'][0])
         else:
             # extract uploader (which is in the url)
             uploader = mobj.group('uploader')
@@ -213,11 +208,11 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
     
             url = 'http://soundcloud.com/%s' % resolve_title
             info_json_url = self._resolv_url(url)
-        info_json = self._download_webpage(info_json_url, full_title, 'Downloading info JSON')
+        info = self._download_json(info_json_url, full_title, 'Downloading info JSON')
 
-        info = json.loads(info_json)
         return self._extract_info_dict(info, full_title, secret_token=token)
 
+
 class SoundcloudSetIE(SoundcloudIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?soundcloud\.com/([\w\d-]+)/sets/([\w\d-]+)'
     IE_NAME = 'soundcloud:set'
@@ -232,16 +227,15 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         # extract uploader (which is in the url)
         uploader = mobj.group(1)
         # extract simple title (uploader + slug of song title)
-        slug_title =  mobj.group(2)
+        slug_title = mobj.group(2)
         full_title = '%s/sets/%s' % (uploader, slug_title)
 
         self.report_resolve(full_title)
 
         url = 'http://soundcloud.com/%s/sets/%s' % (uploader, slug_title)
         resolv_url = self._resolv_url(url)
-        info_json = self._download_webpage(resolv_url, full_title)
+        info = self._download_json(resolv_url, full_title)
 
-        info = json.loads(info_json)
         if 'errors' in info:
             for err in info['errors']:
                 self._downloader.report_error('unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err['error_message']))
@@ -268,26 +262,55 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         url = 'http://soundcloud.com/%s/' % uploader
         resolv_url = self._resolv_url(url)
-        user_json = self._download_webpage(resolv_url, uploader,
-            'Downloading user info')
-        user = json.loads(user_json)
+        user = self._download_json(
+            resolv_url, uploader, 'Downloading user info')
+        base_url = 'http://api.soundcloud.com/users/%s/tracks.json?' % uploader
 
-        tracks = []
+        entries = []
         for i in itertools.count():
-            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'offset': i*50,
-                                                  'client_id': self._CLIENT_ID,
-                                                  })
-            tracks_url = 'http://api.soundcloud.com/users/%s/tracks.json?' % user['id'] + data
-            response = self._download_webpage(tracks_url, uploader, 
-                'Downloading tracks page %s' % (i+1))
-            new_tracks = json.loads(response)
-            tracks.extend(self._extract_info_dict(track, quiet=True) for track in new_tracks)
-            if len(new_tracks) < 50:
+            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                'offset': i * 50,
+                'client_id': self._CLIENT_ID,
+            })
+            new_entries = self._download_json(
+                base_url + data, uploader, 'Downloading track page %s' % (i + 1))
+            entries.extend(self._extract_info_dict(e, quiet=True) for e in new_entries)
+            if len(new_entries) < 50:
                 break
 
         return {
             '_type': 'playlist',
             'id': compat_str(user['id']),
             'title': user['username'],
-            'entries': tracks,
+            'entries': entries,
+        }
+
+
+class SoundcloudPlaylistIE(SoundcloudIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://api\.soundcloud\.com/playlists/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+    IE_NAME = 'soundcloud:playlist'
+
+     # it's in tests/test_playlists.py
+    _TESTS = []
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        playlist_id = mobj.group('id')
+        base_url = '%s//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/%s.json?' % (self.http_scheme(), playlist_id)
+
+        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'client_id': self._CLIENT_ID,
+        })
+        data = self._download_json(
+            base_url + data, playlist_id, 'Downloading playlist')
+
+        entries = [
+            self._extract_info_dict(t, quiet=True) for t in data['tracks']]
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': playlist_id,
+            'title': data.get('title'),
+            'description': data.get('description'),
+            'entries': entries,
         }