diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b7a3ebd7b4..8ff4df5a1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
             qt6-linguist-devel
             gtest
             gmock
+            sparsehash-devel
       - name: Install kdsingleapplication-qt6-devel
         if: matrix.opensuse_version == 'tumbleweed'
         run: zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys in kdsingleapplication-qt6-devel
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ jobs:
             kdsingleapplication-qt6-devel
             gtest-devel
             gmock-devel
+            sparsehash-devel
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ jobs:
           lib64qt6dbus-devel
           lib64qt6help-devel
           lib64qt6test-devel
+          lib64sparsehash-devel
           desktop-file-utils
           appstream-util
           hicolor-icon-theme
@@ -466,6 +469,7 @@ jobs:
             libmtp-dev
             libgpod-dev
             libxkbcommon-dev
+            libsparsehash-dev
             qt6-base-dev
             qt6-base-private-dev
             qt6-base-dev-tools
@@ -549,6 +553,7 @@ jobs:
             libmtp-dev
             libgpod-dev
             libxkbcommon-dev
+            libsparsehash-dev
             qt6-base-dev
             qt6-base-private-dev
             qt6-base-dev-tools
@@ -631,6 +636,7 @@ jobs:
             libmtp-dev
             libgpod-dev
             libxkbcommon-dev
+            libsparsehash-dev
             qt6-base-dev
             qt6-base-private-dev
             qt6-base-dev-tools
@@ -687,7 +693,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         usesh: true
         mem: 4096
-        prepare: pkg install -y git cmake pkgconf boost-libs alsa-lib glib qt6-base qt6-tools sqlite gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins chromaprint libebur128 taglib libcdio libmtp gdk-pixbuf2 libgpod fftw3 icu kdsingleapplication googletest pulseaudio
+        prepare: pkg install -y git cmake pkgconf boost-libs alsa-lib glib qt6-base qt6-tools sqlite gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins chromaprint libebur128 taglib libcdio libmtp gdk-pixbuf2 libgpod fftw3 icu kdsingleapplication googletest pulseaudio sparsehash
         run: |
           set -e
           git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
@@ -712,7 +718,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         usesh: true
         mem: 4096
-        prepare: pkg_add git cmake pkgconf boost glib2 qt6-qtbase qt6-qttools sqlite gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins-base chromaprint libebur128 taglib libcdio libmtp gdk-pixbuf libgpod fftw3 icu4c kdsingleapplication pulseaudio
+        prepare: pkg_add git cmake pkgconf boost glib2 qt6-qtbase qt6-qttools sqlite gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins-base chromaprint libebur128 taglib libcdio libmtp gdk-pixbuf libgpod fftw3 icu4c kdsingleapplication pulseaudio sparsehash
         run: |
           set -e
           export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0611935e32..1ff86e0920 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(GTest)
 
+pkg_check_modules(LIBSPARSEHASH IMPORTED_TARGET libsparsehash)
+
 set(QT_VERSION_MAJOR 6)
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION 6.4.0)
 set(QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION ${QT_VERSION_MAJOR})
@@ -371,6 +373,10 @@ optional_component(QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE ON "QPA Platform Native Interfac
   DEPENDS "Qt Gui Private" QT_GUI_PRIVATE_FOUND
 )
 
+optional_component(STREAMTAGREADER ON "Stream tagreader"
+  DEPENDS "sparsehash" LIBSPARSEHASH_FOUND
+)
+
 if(HAVE_SONGFINGERPRINTING OR HAVE_MUSICBRAINZ)
   set(HAVE_CHROMAPRINT ON)
 endif()
@@ -1233,6 +1239,11 @@ optional_source(WIN32
     src/core/windows7thumbbar.h
 )
 
+optional_source(HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  SOURCES src/tagreader/streamtagreader.cpp src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.cpp src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.cpp
+  HEADERS src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.h
+)
+
 if(HAVE_GLOBALSHORTCUTS)
 
   optional_source(HAVE_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
@@ -1521,6 +1532,7 @@ target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PUBLIC
   $<$<BOOL:${HAVE_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE}>:Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::GuiPrivate>
   ICU::uc
   ICU::i18n
+  $<$<BOOL:${HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER}>:PkgConfig::LIBSPARSEHASH>
   $<$<BOOL:${HAVE_ALSA}>:ALSA::ALSA>
   $<$<BOOL:${HAVE_PULSE}>:PkgConfig::LIBPULSE>
   $<$<BOOL:${HAVE_CHROMAPRINT}>:PkgConfig::CHROMAPRINT>
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4803805f33..e6204a06e0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libmtp-dev,
                libchromaprint-dev,
                libfftw3-dev,
-               libebur128-dev
+               libebur128-dev,
+               libsparsehash-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.7.0
 
 Package: strawberry
diff --git a/dist/unix/strawberry.spec.in b/dist/unix/strawberry.spec.in
index 989faa8073..1f1e205049 100644
--- a/dist/unix/strawberry.spec.in
+++ b/dist/unix/strawberry.spec.in
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcdio)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libebur128)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgpod-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmtp)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsparsehash)
 BuildRequires:  cmake(GTest)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmock)
 
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index e703dbe467..4e1fb1b56f 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
 #cmakedefine HAVE_X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
 #cmakedefine HAVE_KGLOBALACCEL_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
+#cmakedefine HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SUBSONIC
 #cmakedefine HAVE_TIDAL
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SPOTIFY
diff --git a/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.cpp b/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b8f6cb2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2012, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QEventLoop>
+#include <QNetworkReply>
+#include <QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QSslError>
+
+#include "core/logging.h"
+#include "core/networkaccessmanager.h"
+
+#include "streamtagreader.h"
+
+namespace {
+constexpr TagLibLengthType kTagLibPrefixCacheBytes = 64UL * 1024UL;
+constexpr TagLibLengthType kTagLibSuffixCacheBytes = 8UL * 1024UL;
+}  // namespace
+
+StreamTagReader::StreamTagReader(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 length, const QString &authorization_header)
+    : url_(url),
+      filename_(filename),
+      encoded_filename_(filename_.toUtf8()),
+      length_(static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(length)),
+      authorization_header_(authorization_header),
+      network_(new NetworkAccessManager),
+      cursor_(0),
+      cache_(length),
+      num_requests_(0) {
+
+  network_->setAutoDeleteReplies(true);
+
+}
+
+TagLib::FileName StreamTagReader::name() const { return encoded_filename_.data(); }
+
+TagLib::ByteVector StreamTagReader::readBlock(const TagLibLengthType length) {
+
+  const uint start = static_cast<uint>(cursor_);
+  const uint end = static_cast<uint>(std::min(cursor_ + length - 1, length_ - 1));
+
+  if (end < start) {
+    return TagLib::ByteVector();
+  }
+
+  if (CheckCache(start, end)) {
+    const TagLib::ByteVector cached = GetCached(start, end);
+    cursor_ += static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(cached.size());
+    return cached;
+  }
+
+  QNetworkRequest request(url_);
+  if (!authorization_header_.isEmpty()) {
+    request.setRawHeader("Authorization", authorization_header_.toUtf8());
+  }
+  request.setRawHeader("Range", QStringLiteral("bytes=%1-%2").arg(start).arg(end).toUtf8());
+  request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::AlwaysNetwork);
+  request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicyAttribute, QNetworkRequest::NoLessSafeRedirectPolicy);
+
+  QNetworkReply *reply = network_->get(request);
+  ++num_requests_;
+
+  QEventLoop event_loop;
+  QObject::connect(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, &event_loop, &QEventLoop::quit);
+  event_loop.exec();
+
+  if (reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+    qLog(Error) << "Unable to get tags from stream for" << url_ << "got error:" << reply->errorString();
+    return TagLib::ByteVector();
+  }
+
+  if (reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).isValid()) {
+    const int http_status_code = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt();
+    if (http_status_code >= 400) {
+      qLog(Error) << "Unable to get tags from stream for" << url_ << "received HTTP code" << http_status_code;
+      return TagLib::ByteVector();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const QByteArray data = reply->readAll();
+  const TagLib::ByteVector bytes(data.data(), static_cast<uint>(data.size()));
+  cursor_ += static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(data.size());
+
+  FillCache(start, bytes);
+
+  return bytes;
+
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::writeBlock(const TagLib::ByteVector &data) {
+  Q_UNUSED(data);
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::insert(const TagLib::ByteVector &data, const TagLibUOffsetType start, const TagLibLengthType replace) {
+  Q_UNUSED(data)
+  Q_UNUSED(start)
+  Q_UNUSED(replace)
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::removeBlock(const TagLibUOffsetType start, const TagLibLengthType length) {
+  Q_UNUSED(start)
+  Q_UNUSED(length)
+}
+
+bool StreamTagReader::readOnly() const { return true; }
+
+bool StreamTagReader::isOpen() const { return true; }
+
+void StreamTagReader::seek(const TagLibOffsetType offset, const TagLib::IOStream::Position position) {
+
+  switch (position) {
+    case TagLib::IOStream::Beginning:
+      cursor_ = offset;
+      break;
+
+    case TagLib::IOStream::Current:
+      cursor_ = std::min(cursor_ + static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(offset), length_);
+      break;
+
+    case TagLib::IOStream::End:
+      // This should really not have qAbs(), but OGG reading needs it.
+      cursor_ = std::max(static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(0), length_ - qAbs(static_cast<TagLibLengthType>(offset)));
+      break;
+  }
+
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::clear() { cursor_ = 0; }
+
+TagLibOffsetType StreamTagReader::tell() const { return static_cast<TagLibOffsetType>(cursor_); }
+
+TagLibOffsetType StreamTagReader::length() { return static_cast<TagLibOffsetType>(length_); }
+
+void StreamTagReader::truncate(const TagLibOffsetType length) {
+  Q_UNUSED(length)
+}
+
+bool StreamTagReader::CheckCache(const uint start, const uint end) {
+
+  for (uint i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
+    if (!cache_.test(i)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::FillCache(const uint start, const TagLib::ByteVector &data) {
+
+  for (uint i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i) {
+    cache_.set(start + i, data[static_cast<int>(i)]);
+  }
+
+}
+
+TagLib::ByteVector StreamTagReader::GetCached(const uint start, const uint end) {
+
+  const uint size = end - start + 1U;
+  TagLib::ByteVector data(size);
+  for (uint i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+    data[static_cast<int>(i)] = cache_.get(start + i);
+  }
+
+  return data;
+
+}
+
+void StreamTagReader::PreCache() {
+
+  // For reading the tags of an MP3, TagLib tends to request:
+  // 1. The first 1024 bytes
+  // 2. Somewhere between the first 2KB and first 60KB
+  // 3. The last KB or two.
+  // 4. Somewhere in the first 64KB again
+  //
+  // OGG Vorbis may read the last 4KB.
+  //
+  // So, if we precache the first 64KB and the last 8KB we should be sorted :-)
+  // Ideally, we would use bytes=0-655364,-8096 but Google Drive does not seem
+  // to support multipart byte ranges yet so we have to make do with two requests.
+
+  seek(0, TagLib::IOStream::Beginning);
+  readBlock(kTagLibPrefixCacheBytes);
+  seek(kTagLibSuffixCacheBytes, TagLib::IOStream::End);
+  readBlock(kTagLibSuffixCacheBytes);
+  clear();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.h b/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b35f61d33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/streamtagreader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2012, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef STREAMTAGREADER_H
+#define STREAMTAGREADER_H
+
+#include <taglib/tiostream.h>
+#include <google/sparsetable>
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+#include "includes/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "core/networkaccessmanager.h"
+
+#if TAGLIB_MAJOR_VERSION >= 2
+using TagLibLengthType = size_t;
+using TagLibUOffsetType = TagLib::offset_t;
+using TagLibOffsetType = TagLib::offset_t;
+#else
+using TagLibLengthType = ulong;
+using TagLibUOffsetType = ulong;
+using TagLibOffsetType = long;
+#endif
+
+class StreamTagReader : public TagLib::IOStream {
+
+ public:
+  explicit StreamTagReader(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 length, const QString &authorization_header);
+
+  virtual TagLib::FileName name() const override;
+  virtual TagLib::ByteVector readBlock(const TagLibLengthType length) override;
+  virtual void writeBlock(const TagLib::ByteVector &data) override;
+  virtual void insert(const TagLib::ByteVector &data, const TagLibUOffsetType start, const TagLibLengthType replace) override;
+  virtual void removeBlock(const TagLibUOffsetType start, const TagLibLengthType length) override;
+  virtual bool readOnly() const override;
+  virtual bool isOpen() const override;
+  virtual void seek(const TagLibOffsetType offset, const TagLib::IOStream::Position position) override;
+  virtual void clear() override;
+  virtual TagLibOffsetType tell() const override;
+  virtual TagLibOffsetType length() override;
+  virtual void truncate(const TagLibOffsetType length) override;
+
+  google::sparsetable<char>::size_type cached_bytes() const {
+    return cache_.num_nonempty();
+  }
+
+  int num_requests() const { return num_requests_; }
+
+  void PreCache();
+
+ private:
+  bool CheckCache(const uint start, const uint end);
+  void FillCache(const uint start, const TagLib::ByteVector &data);
+  TagLib::ByteVector GetCached(const uint start, const uint end);
+
+ private:
+  const QUrl url_;
+  const QString filename_;
+  const QByteArray encoded_filename_;
+  const TagLibLengthType length_;
+  const QString authorization_header_;
+
+  ScopedPtr<NetworkAccessManager> network_;
+
+  TagLibLengthType cursor_;
+  google::sparsetable<char> cache_;
+  int num_requests_;
+};
+
+#endif  // STREAMTAGREADER_H
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
index 90fb48aaea..e5730adf16 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2018-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
index a88ae0199c..4022e5c1a0 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2018-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ class TagReaderBase {
   virtual TagReaderResult IsMediaFile(const QString &filename) const = 0;
 
   virtual TagReaderResult ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) const = 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  virtual TagReaderResult ReadStream(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song) const = 0;
+#endif
+
   virtual TagReaderResult WriteFile(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data) const = 0;
 
   virtual TagReaderResult LoadEmbeddedCover(const QString &filename, QByteArray &data) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.cpp
index 2156e4aacd..dd4b510bee 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2019-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2019-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QScopeGuard>
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "tagreaderrequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderismediafilerequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderreadfilerequest.h"
+#include "tagreaderreadstreamrequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderwritefilerequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverdatarequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverimagerequest.h"
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "tagreadersaveratingrequest.h"
 #include "tagreaderreply.h"
 #include "tagreaderreadfilereply.h"
+#include "tagreaderreadstreamreply.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverdatareply.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverimagereply.h"
 
@@ -174,6 +177,17 @@ void TagReaderClient::ProcessRequest(TagReaderRequestPtr request) {
       }
     }
   }
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  else if (TagReaderReadStreamRequestPtr read_stream_request = dynamic_pointer_cast<TagReaderReadStreamRequest>(request)) {
+    Song song;
+    result = ReadStreamBlocking(read_stream_request->url, read_stream_request->filename, read_stream_request->size, read_stream_request->mtime, read_stream_request->authorization_header, &song);
+    if (result.success()) {
+      if (TagReaderReadStreamReplyPtr read_stream_reply = qSharedPointerDynamicCast<TagReaderReadStreamReply>(reply)) {
+        read_stream_reply->set_song(song);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif  // HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
   else if (TagReaderWriteFileRequestPtr write_file_request = dynamic_pointer_cast<TagReaderWriteFileRequest>(request)) {
     result = WriteFileBlocking(write_file_request->filename, write_file_request->song, write_file_request->save_tags_options, write_file_request->save_tag_cover_data);
   }
@@ -257,6 +271,32 @@ TagReaderReadFileReplyPtr TagReaderClient::ReadFileAsync(const QString &filename
 
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+TagReaderResult TagReaderClient::ReadStreamBlocking(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song) {
+
+  return tagreader_.ReadStream(url, filename, size, mtime, authorization_header, song);
+
+}
+
+TagReaderReadStreamReplyPtr TagReaderClient::ReadStreamAsync(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header) {
+
+  Q_ASSERT(QThread::currentThread() != thread());
+
+  TagReaderReadStreamReplyPtr reply = TagReaderReply::Create<TagReaderReadStreamReply>(url, filename);
+
+  TagReaderReadStreamRequestPtr request = TagReaderReadStreamRequest::Create(url, filename);
+  request->reply = reply;
+  request->size = size;
+  request->mtime = mtime;
+  request->authorization_header = authorization_header;
+
+  EnqueueRequest(request);
+
+  return reply;
+
+}
+#endif  // HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+
 TagReaderResult TagReaderClient::WriteFileBlocking(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data) {
 
   return tagreader_.WriteFile(filename, song, save_tags_options, save_tag_cover_data);
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.h
index cf8814fc46..d13dba3e76 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderclient.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2019-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2019-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QMutex>
 
-#include "includes/shared_ptr.h"
 #include "includes/mutex_protected.h"
 #include "core/song.h"
 
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "tagreaderresult.h"
 #include "tagreaderreply.h"
 #include "tagreaderreadfilereply.h"
+#include "tagreaderreadstreamreply.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverdatareply.h"
 #include "tagreaderloadcoverimagereply.h"
 #include "savetagsoptions.h"
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class TagReaderClient : public QObject {
   TagReaderResult ReadFileBlocking(const QString &filename, Song *song);
   [[nodiscard]] TagReaderReadFileReplyPtr ReadFileAsync(const QString &filename);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  TagReaderResult ReadStreamBlocking(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song);
+  [[nodiscard]] TagReaderReadStreamReplyPtr ReadStreamAsync(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header);
+#endif
+
   TagReaderResult WriteFileBlocking(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options = SaveTagsOption::Tags, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data = SaveTagCoverData());
   [[nodiscard]] TagReaderReplyPtr WriteFileAsync(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options = SaveTagsOption::Tags, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data = SaveTagCoverData());
 
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.cpp
index 06d7ef8503..2c4906bb83 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,21 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderGME::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) cons
 
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+TagReaderResult TagReaderGME::ReadStream(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song) const {
+
+  Q_UNUSED(url);
+  Q_UNUSED(filename);
+  Q_UNUSED(size);
+  Q_UNUSED(mtime);
+  Q_UNUSED(authorization_header);
+  Q_UNUSED(song);
+
+  return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Unsupported;
+
+}
+#endif
+
 TagReaderResult TagReaderGME::WriteFile(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data) const {
 
   Q_UNUSED(filename);
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.h b/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.h
index 48cdc79ad0..c69fe18063 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreadergme.h
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ class TagReaderGME : public TagReaderBase {
   TagReaderResult IsMediaFile(const QString &filename) const override;
 
   TagReaderResult ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) const override;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  TagReaderResult ReadStream(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song) const override;
+#endif
+
   TagReaderResult WriteFile(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data) const override;
 
   TagReaderResult LoadEmbeddedCover(const QString &filename, QByteArray &data) const override;
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d14824d747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+#include "core/logging.h"
+#include "tagreaderreadstreamreply.h"
+
+TagReaderReadStreamReply::TagReaderReadStreamReply(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename, QObject *parent)
+    : TagReaderReply(_filename, parent), url_(_url) {}
+
+void TagReaderReadStreamReply::Finish() {
+
+  qLog(Debug) << "Finishing tagreader reply for" << url_;
+
+  finished_ = true;
+
+  QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, &TagReaderReadStreamReply::EmitFinished, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+
+}
+
+void TagReaderReadStreamReply::EmitFinished() {
+
+  Q_EMIT TagReaderReply::Finished(filename_, result_);
+  Q_EMIT TagReaderReadStreamReply::Finished(url_, song_, result_);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc598fe1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamreply.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAGREADERREADSTREAMREPLY_H
+#define TAGREADERREADSTREAMREPLY_H
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QSharedPointer>
+
+#include "core/song.h"
+#include "tagreaderreply.h"
+#include "tagreaderresult.h"
+
+class TagReaderReadStreamReply : public TagReaderReply {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+ public:
+  explicit TagReaderReadStreamReply(const QUrl &url, const QString &_filename, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+
+  void Finish() override;
+
+  Song song() const { return song_; }
+  void set_song(const Song &song) { song_ = song; }
+
+ Q_SIGNALS:
+  void Finished(const QUrl &url, const Song &song, const TagReaderResult &result);
+
+ private Q_SLOTS:
+  void EmitFinished() override;
+
+ private:
+  Song song_;
+  QUrl url_;
+};
+
+using TagReaderReadStreamReplyPtr = QSharedPointer<TagReaderReadStreamReply>;
+
+#endif  // TAGREADERREADSTREAMREPLY_H
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9940232556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+#include "tagreaderreadstreamrequest.h"
+
+TagReaderReadStreamRequest::TagReaderReadStreamRequest(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename) : TagReaderRequest(_url, _filename), size(0), mtime(0) {}
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07cffd1f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreadstreamrequest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Strawberry Music Player
+ * Copyright 2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ *
+ * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAGREADERREADSTREAMREQUEST_H
+#define TAGREADERREADSTREAMREQUEST_H
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+#include "includes/shared_ptr.h"
+#include "tagreaderrequest.h"
+
+using std::make_shared;
+
+class TagReaderReadStreamRequest : public TagReaderRequest {
+ public:
+  explicit TagReaderReadStreamRequest(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename);
+  static SharedPtr<TagReaderReadStreamRequest> Create(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename) { return make_shared<TagReaderReadStreamRequest>(_url, _filename); }
+  quint64 size;
+  quint64 mtime;
+  QString authorization_header;
+};
+
+using TagReaderReadStreamRequestPtr = SharedPtr<TagReaderReadStreamRequest>;
+
+#endif  // TAGREADERREADSTREAMREQUEST_H
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.cpp
index de0507a273..ffee8d0410 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2024-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.h
index e301e43937..1de1390c44 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderreply.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2024-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
 #include <QSharedPointer>
 
 #include "tagreaderresult.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ class TagReaderReply : public QObject {
     return QSharedPointer<T>(new T(filename));
   }
 
+  template<typename T>
+  static QSharedPointer<T> Create(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename) {
+    return QSharedPointer<T>(new T(url, filename));
+  }
+
   QString filename() const { return filename_; }
 
   TagReaderResult result() const { return result_; }
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.cpp
index 172ae1562b..4e353f1a74 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2024-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,8 +27,19 @@ TagReaderRequest::TagReaderRequest(const QString &_filename) : filename(_filenam
 
 }
 
+TagReaderRequest::TagReaderRequest(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename) : filename(_filename), url(_url) {
+
+  qLog(Debug) << "New tagreader request for" << filename << url;
+
+}
+
 TagReaderRequest::~TagReaderRequest() {
 
-  qLog(Debug) << "Tagreader request for" << filename << "deleted";
+  if (url.isValid()) {
+    qLog(Debug) << "Tagreader request for" << filename << url << "deleted";
+  }
+  else {
+    qLog(Debug) << "Tagreader request for" << filename << "deleted";
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.h b/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.h
index fdc8e6380a..83cdfe055a 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreaderrequest.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
- * Copyright 2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2024-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define TAGREADERREQUEST_H
 
 #include <QString>
+#include <QUrl>
 
 #include "includes/shared_ptr.h"
 #include "tagreaderreply.h"
@@ -28,8 +29,10 @@
 class TagReaderRequest {
  public:
   explicit TagReaderRequest(const QString &_filename);
+  explicit TagReaderRequest(const QUrl &_url, const QString &_filename);
   virtual ~TagReaderRequest();
   QString filename;
+  QUrl url;
   TagReaderReplyPtr reply;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
index 6310b72f06..acec931ca0 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * Copyright 2013, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2018-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include "tagreadertaglib.h"
+#include "streamtagreader.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -94,13 +95,14 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QtDebug>
 
+#include "includes/scoped_ptr.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
 #include "core/song.h"
 #include "constants/timeconstants.h"
 
 #include "albumcovertagdata.h"
 
-using std::unique_ptr;
+using std::make_unique;
 using namespace Qt::Literals::StringLiterals;
 
 #undef TStringToQString
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ class FileRefFactory {
   FileRefFactory() = default;
   virtual ~FileRefFactory() = default;
   virtual TagLib::FileRef *GetFileRef(const QString &filename) = 0;
+  virtual TagLib::FileRef *GetFileRef(TagLib::IOStream *iostream) = 0;
 
  private:
   Q_DISABLE_COPY(FileRefFactory)
@@ -256,6 +259,10 @@ class TagLibFileRefFactory : public FileRefFactory {
 #endif
   }
 
+  TagLib::FileRef *GetFileRef(TagLib::IOStream *iostream) override {
+    return new TagLib::FileRef(iostream);
+  }
+
  private:
   Q_DISABLE_COPY(TagLibFileRefFactory)
 };
@@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::IsMediaFile(const QString &filename) const {
 
   qLog(Debug) << "Checking for valid file" << filename;
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   return fileref &&
          !fileref->isNull() &&
          fileref->file() &&
@@ -309,41 +316,9 @@ Song::FileType TagReaderTagLib::GuessFileType(TagLib::FileRef *fileref) {
 
 }
 
-TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) const {
-
-  if (filename.isEmpty()) {
-    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FilenameMissing;
-  }
-
-  qLog(Debug) << "Reading tags from" << filename;
-
-  const QFileInfo fileinfo(filename);
-  if (!fileinfo.exists()) {
-    qLog(Error) << "File" << filename << "does not exist";
-    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileDoesNotExist;
-  }
-
-  if (song->source() == Song::Source::Unknown) song->set_source(Song::Source::LocalFile);
-
-  const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(filename);
-  song->set_basefilename(fileinfo.fileName());
-  song->set_url(url);
-  song->set_filesize(fileinfo.size());
-  song->set_mtime(fileinfo.lastModified().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.lastModified().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : 0LL);
-  song->set_ctime(fileinfo.birthTime().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.birthTime().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : fileinfo.lastModified().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.lastModified().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : 0LL);
-  if (song->ctime() <= 0) {
-    song->set_ctime(song->mtime());
-  }
-  song->set_lastseen(QDateTime::currentSecsSinceEpoch());
-  song->set_init_from_file(true);
-
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
-  if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
-    qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
-    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
-  }
+TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::Read(SharedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref, Song *song) const {
 
-  song->set_filetype(GuessFileType(fileref.get()));
+  song->set_filetype(GuessFileType(&*fileref));
 
   if (fileref->audioProperties()) {
     song->set_bitrate(fileref->audioProperties()->bitrate());
@@ -370,12 +345,14 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) c
   // apart, so we keep specific behavior for some formats by adding another "else if" block below.
   if (TagLib::Ogg::XiphComment *vorbis_comment = dynamic_cast<TagLib::Ogg::XiphComment*>(fileref->file()->tag())) {
     ParseVorbisComments(vorbis_comment->fieldListMap(), &disc, &compilation, song);
-    TagLib::List<TagLib::FLAC::Picture*> pictures = vorbis_comment->pictureList();
-    if (!pictures.isEmpty()) {
-      for (TagLib::FLAC::Picture *picture : pictures) {
-        if (picture->type() == TagLib::FLAC::Picture::FrontCover && picture->data().size() > 0) {
-          song->set_art_embedded(true);
-          break;
+    if (song->url().isLocalFile()) {
+      TagLib::List<TagLib::FLAC::Picture*> pictures = vorbis_comment->pictureList();
+      if (!pictures.isEmpty()) {
+        for (TagLib::FLAC::Picture *picture : pictures) {
+          if (picture->type() == TagLib::FLAC::Picture::FrontCover && picture->data().size() > 0) {
+            song->set_art_embedded(true);
+            break;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -385,12 +362,14 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) c
     song->set_bitdepth(file_flac->audioProperties()->bitsPerSample());
     if (file_flac->xiphComment()) {
       ParseVorbisComments(file_flac->xiphComment()->fieldListMap(), &disc, &compilation, song);
-      TagLib::List<TagLib::FLAC::Picture*> pictures = file_flac->pictureList();
-      if (!pictures.isEmpty()) {
-        for (TagLib::FLAC::Picture *picture : pictures) {
-          if (picture->type() == TagLib::FLAC::Picture::FrontCover && picture->data().size() > 0) {
-            song->set_art_embedded(true);
-            break;
+      if (song->url().isLocalFile()) {
+        TagLib::List<TagLib::FLAC::Picture*> pictures = file_flac->pictureList();
+        if (!pictures.isEmpty()) {
+          for (TagLib::FLAC::Picture *picture : pictures) {
+            if (picture->type() == TagLib::FLAC::Picture::FrontCover && picture->data().size() > 0) {
+              song->set_art_embedded(true);
+              break;
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -497,16 +476,103 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) c
   if (song->lastplayed() <= 0) { song->set_lastplayed(-1); }
 
   if (song->filetype() == Song::FileType::Unknown) {
-    qLog(Error) << "Unknown audio filetype reading" << filename;
+    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Unsupported;
+  }
+
+  return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Success;
+
+}
+
+TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) const {
+
+  if (filename.isEmpty()) {
+    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FilenameMissing;
+  }
+
+  qLog(Debug) << "Reading tags from file" << filename;
+
+  const QFileInfo fileinfo(filename);
+  if (!fileinfo.exists()) {
+    qLog(Error) << "File" << filename << "does not exist";
+    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileDoesNotExist;
+  }
+
+  if (song->source() == Song::Source::Unknown) song->set_source(Song::Source::LocalFile);
+
+  const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(filename);
+  song->set_basefilename(fileinfo.fileName());
+  song->set_url(url);
+  song->set_filesize(fileinfo.size());
+  song->set_mtime(fileinfo.lastModified().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.lastModified().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : 0LL);
+  song->set_ctime(fileinfo.birthTime().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.birthTime().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : fileinfo.lastModified().isValid() ? std::max(fileinfo.lastModified().toSecsSinceEpoch(), 0LL) : 0LL);
+  if (song->ctime() <= 0) {
+    song->set_ctime(song->mtime());
+  }
+  song->set_lastseen(QDateTime::currentSecsSinceEpoch());
+  song->set_init_from_file(true);
+
+  SharedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
+    qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
+    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
+  }
+
+  const TagReaderResult result = Read(fileref, song);
+  if (result.error_code == TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Unsupported) {
+    qLog(Error) << "Unknown audio filetype reading file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Unsupported;
   }
 
   qLog(Debug) << "Got tags for" << filename;
 
-  return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Success;
+  return result;
 
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+
+TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::ReadStream(const QUrl &url,
+                                            const QString &filename,
+                                            const quint64 size,
+                                            const quint64 mtime,
+                                            const QString &authorization_header,
+                                            Song *song) const {
+
+  qLog(Debug) << "Loading tags from stream" << url << filename;
+
+  song->set_url(url);
+  song->set_basefilename(QFileInfo(filename).baseName());
+  song->set_filesize(static_cast<qint64>(size));
+  song->set_ctime(static_cast<qint64>(mtime));
+  song->set_mtime(static_cast<qint64>(mtime));
+
+  ScopedPtr<StreamTagReader> stream = make_unique<StreamTagReader>(url, filename, size, authorization_header);
+  stream->PreCache();
+
+  if (stream->num_requests() > 2) {
+    qLog(Warning) << "Total requests for file" << filename << stream->num_requests() << stream->cached_bytes();
+  }
+
+  SharedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(&*stream));
+  if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
+    qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open stream" << filename << url;
+    return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
+  }
+
+  const TagReaderResult result = Read(fileref, song);
+  if (result.error_code == TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Unsupported) {
+    qLog(Error) << "Unknown audio filetype reading stream" << filename << url;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  qLog(Debug) << "Got tags for stream" << filename << url;
+
+  return result;
+
+}
+
+#endif  // HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+
 void TagReaderTagLib::ParseID3v2Tags(TagLib::ID3v2::Tag *tag, QString *disc, QString *compilation, Song *song) const {
 
   TagLib::ID3v2::FrameListMap map = tag->frameListMap();
@@ -538,7 +604,7 @@ void TagReaderTagLib::ParseID3v2Tags(TagLib::ID3v2::Tag *tag, QString *disc, QSt
     song->set_lyrics(map[kID3v2_UnsychronizedLyrics].front()->toString());
   }
 
-  if (map.contains(kID3v2_CoverArt)) song->set_art_embedded(true);
+  if (map.contains(kID3v2_CoverArt) && song->url().isLocalFile()) song->set_art_embedded(true);
 
   // Find a suitable comment tag.  For now we ignore iTunNORM comments.
   for (uint i = 0; i < map[kID3v2_CommercialFrame].size(); ++i) {
@@ -652,7 +718,7 @@ void TagReaderTagLib::ParseVorbisComments(const TagLib::Ogg::FieldListMap &map,
 
   if (map.contains(kVorbisComment_Disc)) *disc = TagLibStringToQString(map[kVorbisComment_Disc].front()).trimmed();
   if (map.contains(kVorbisComment_Compilation)) *compilation = TagLibStringToQString(map[kVorbisComment_Compilation].front()).trimmed();
-  if (map.contains(kVorbisComment_CoverArt) || map.contains(kVorbisComment_MetadataBlockPicture)) song->set_art_embedded(true);
+  if ((map.contains(kVorbisComment_CoverArt) || map.contains(kVorbisComment_MetadataBlockPicture)) && song->url().isLocalFile()) song->set_art_embedded(true);
 
   if (map.contains(kVorbisComment_FMPS_Playcount) && song->playcount() <= 0) {
     const int playcount = TagLibStringToQString(map[kVorbisComment_FMPS_Playcount].front()).trimmed().toInt();
@@ -689,7 +755,7 @@ void TagReaderTagLib::ParseAPETags(const TagLib::APE::ItemListMap &map, QString
     }
   }
 
-  if (map.find(kAPE_CoverArt) != map.end()) song->set_art_embedded(true);
+  if (map.find(kAPE_CoverArt) != map.end() && song->url().isLocalFile()) song->set_art_embedded(true);
   if (map.contains(kAPE_Compilation)) {
     *compilation = TagLibStringToQString(TagLib::String::number(map[kAPE_Compilation].toString().toInt()));
   }
@@ -757,7 +823,7 @@ void TagReaderTagLib::ParseMP4Tags(TagLib::MP4::Tag *tag, QString *disc, QString
   }
 
   // Find album cover art
-  if (tag->item(kMP4_CoverArt).isValid()) {
+  if (tag->item(kMP4_CoverArt).isValid() && song->url().isLocalFile()) {
     song->set_art_embedded(true);
   }
 
@@ -959,7 +1025,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::WriteFile(const QString &filename, const Song &
     cover = LoadAlbumCoverTagData(filename, save_tag_cover_data);
   }
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
     qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
@@ -1310,7 +1376,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::LoadEmbeddedCover(const QString &filename, QByt
 
   qLog(Debug) << "Loading cover from" << filename;
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
     qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
@@ -1532,7 +1598,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::SaveEmbeddedCover(const QString &filename, cons
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileDoesNotExist;
   }
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
     qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
@@ -1672,7 +1738,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::SaveSongPlaycount(const QString &filename, cons
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileDoesNotExist;
   }
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
     qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
@@ -1802,7 +1868,7 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::SaveSongRating(const QString &filename, const f
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Success;
   }
 
-  unique_ptr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
+  ScopedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref(factory_->GetFileRef(filename));
   if (!fileref || fileref->isNull()) {
     qLog(Error) << "TagLib could not open file" << filename;
     return TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileOpenError;
diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.h b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.h
index f395746022..7bc5c2332a 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.h
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * Copyright 2013, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2018-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <taglib/mp4tag.h>
 #include <taglib/asftag.h>
 
+#include "includes/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "includes/shared_ptr.h"
 #include "core/song.h"
 
 #include "tagreaderbase.h"
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ class TagReaderTagLib : public TagReaderBase {
   TagReaderResult IsMediaFile(const QString &filename) const override;
 
   TagReaderResult ReadFile(const QString &filename, Song *song) const override;
+#ifdef HAVE_STREAMTAGREADER
+  TagReaderResult ReadStream(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename, const quint64 size, const quint64 mtime, const QString &authorization_header, Song *song) const override;
+#endif
+
   TagReaderResult WriteFile(const QString &filename, const Song &song, const SaveTagsOptions save_tags_options, const SaveTagCoverData &save_tag_cover_data) const override;
 
   TagReaderResult LoadEmbeddedCover(const QString &filename, QByteArray &data) const override;
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ class TagReaderTagLib : public TagReaderBase {
 
  private:
   static Song::FileType GuessFileType(TagLib::FileRef *fileref);
+  TagReaderResult Read(SharedPtr<TagLib::FileRef> fileref, Song *song) const;
 
   void ParseID3v2Tags(TagLib::ID3v2::Tag *tag, QString *disc, QString *compilation, Song *song) const;
   void ParseVorbisComments(const TagLib::Ogg::FieldListMap &map, QString *disc, QString *compilation, Song *song) const;