CLI Music Play

ed music play

Resumes playback on the active player. It resumes what is loaded rather than choosing something to play; ed music start is the one that picks a track.

ed music play [--json] [--player <name>]

Name	Type / values	Default	What it does
--json	flag	off	Emit JSON on stdout.
--player	builtin, spotify, apple	whichever is active	Force one player.

{
  "action": "playing",
  "name": "Spotify",
  "player": "spotify"
}

ed music play
ed music play --player builtin
ed music play --json

action is the past tense the human line prints, so stdout reads playing (Spotify). On Spotify and Apple Music this sends the AppleScript play; on the built-in player it posts the resume command, which the app acts on only when a track is loaded and paused.

Where to go next

• ed music, the rest of this group
• All ed commands