Hi, hope someone has got an answer for me. So, I am looking for a Spotify replacement (aren't we all!). I have found options for almost every...
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Hi, hope someone has got an answer for me.

So, I am looking for a Spotify replacement (aren’t we all!). I have found options for almost every capability that I want: -

  • Symfonium covers -
    • Android Auto
    • Casting to Google Speakers, Denon AVR (HEOS)
    • Offline playback
  • Jellyfin/Navidrome for the actual server
  • Music Assistant to play songs on demand on my Google Home speakers

The thing that I am looking for - when I search on the client (like Symfonium, Music Assistant via Google Assistant), I want the client to query the server. If the song is not available on the server, I want it to download a lossless audio file (so, not YouTube rips), save it (preferably inside a folder structure /Music/Artist/Album), and make it available for streaming/download by the client.

Is there any combination of a client-server(-plugin) that can do this? Whatever I have found so far uses a separate app to handle downloads.

I think I have been spoiled by u/Docccc’s Gelato plugin for Jellyfin. And now I want something similar for music.