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+import os
+import json
+import torch
+import folder_paths
+import comfy.model_management as mm
+import comfy.utils
+
+from .utils import (
+    PRISMAUDIO_CATEGORY, get_prismaudio_model_dir, register_model_folder,
+    get_device, get_offload_device, determine_precision, determine_offload_strategy,
+    soft_empty_cache, resolve_hf_token,
+)
+
+# HuggingFace repo for auto-download
+HF_REPO_ID = "FunAudioLLM/PrismAudio"
+REQUIRED_FILES = {
+    "diffusion": "prismaudio.ckpt",
+    "vae": "vae.ckpt",
+    "synchformer": "synchformer_state_dict.pth",
+}
+
+
+def _download_if_missing(filename, model_dir, hf_token=None):
+    """Download a model file from HuggingFace if not present locally."""
+    filepath = os.path.join(model_dir, filename)
+    if os.path.exists(filepath):
+        return filepath
+
+    from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+    print(f"[PrismAudio] Downloading {filename} from {HF_REPO_ID}...")
+    try:
+        downloaded = hf_hub_download(
+            repo_id=HF_REPO_ID,
+            filename=filename,
+            local_dir=model_dir,
+            token=hf_token or None,
+        )
+        return downloaded
+    except Exception as e:
+        if "401" in str(e) or "403" in str(e) or "gated" in str(e).lower():
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"[PrismAudio] Model '{filename}' requires license acceptance. "
+                f"Visit https://huggingface.co/{HF_REPO_ID} to accept the license, "
+                f"then set HF_TOKEN env var or run: huggingface-cli login"
+            ) from e
+        raise
+
+
+class PrismAudioModelLoader:
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
+        register_model_folder()
+        return {
+            "required": {
+                "precision": (["auto", "fp32", "fp16", "bf16"],),
+                "offload_strategy": (["auto", "keep_in_vram", "offload_to_cpu"],),
+            },
+        }
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("PRISMAUDIO_MODEL",)
+    RETURN_NAMES = ("model",)
+    FUNCTION = "load_model"
+    CATEGORY = PRISMAUDIO_CATEGORY
+
+    def load_model(self, precision, offload_strategy):
+        device = get_device()
+        dtype = determine_precision(precision, device)
+        strategy = determine_offload_strategy(offload_strategy)
+        token = resolve_hf_token()
+        model_dir = get_prismaudio_model_dir()
+
+        # Auto-download missing files
+        for key, filename in REQUIRED_FILES.items():
+            _download_if_missing(filename, model_dir, hf_token=token)
+
+        # Load config
+        config_path = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
+            "prismaudio_core", "configs", "prismaudio.json"
+        )
+        with open(config_path) as f:
+            model_config = json.load(f)
+
+        # Create model from config
+        from prismaudio_core.factory import create_model_from_config
+        model = create_model_from_config(model_config)
+
+        # Load diffusion weights
+        diffusion_path = os.path.join(model_dir, REQUIRED_FILES["diffusion"])
+        diffusion_state = comfy.utils.load_torch_file(diffusion_path)
+        # Handle wrapped state dicts: some ckpts wrap in {"state_dict": ...}
+        if "state_dict" in diffusion_state:
+            diffusion_state = diffusion_state["state_dict"]
+        model.load_state_dict(diffusion_state, strict=False)
+
+        # Load VAE weights separately
+        # Use comfy.utils.load_torch_file for consistency and PyTorch 2.6+ compat
+        vae_path = os.path.join(model_dir, REQUIRED_FILES["vae"])
+        vae_full_state = comfy.utils.load_torch_file(vae_path)
+        # Strip "autoencoder." prefix from keys
+        vae_state = {}
+        prefix = "autoencoder."
+        for k, v in vae_full_state.items():
+            if k.startswith(prefix):
+                vae_state[k[len(prefix):]] = v
+            else:
+                vae_state[k] = v
+        model.pretransform.load_state_dict(vae_state)
+
+        # Apply precision: DiT + conditioners in user-selected dtype,
+        # but keep VAE (pretransform) in fp32 to avoid NaN from snake activations in fp16
+        model.model.to(dtype)        # DiTWrapper
+        model.conditioner.to(dtype)  # MultiConditioner
+        # model.pretransform stays in fp32
+
+        if strategy == "keep_in_vram":
+            model = model.to(device)
+        else:
+            model = model.to(get_offload_device())
+
+        model.eval()
+
+        return ({
+            "model": model,
+            "dtype": dtype,
+            "strategy": strategy,
+            "config": model_config,
+            "model_dir": model_dir,
+        },)