JTalk Command Reference for Alexa

Category

Command

*Zone

*Options

Notes

ZONES

what’s playing [what’s this song]

X

Speaks current playing now file.

list zones [what zones do I have]

Speaks list of zones on your server.

what’s the current zone [what zone is playing / where]

Speaks active zone on your server.

set zone to *ZONE*

Sets active zone to specified name.

VIEWSWITCH

display [show / go to] *VIEW*

Switches server UI to *VIEW* (standard view, display view, theater view, playing now, spotlight)

CONTROL

play [resume / start / continue]

X

pause [quiet / that’s enough]

X

next [skip]

X

previous [start over]

X

stop

X

set volume to *LEVEL*

X

*LEVEL*: 0-10

higher [louder / turn it up]

X

lower [quieter / turn it down]

X

mute

X

unmute [restore volume]

X

set repeat to *MODE*

X

*MODE*: off, track, playlist, stop

set shuffle to *MODE*

X

*MODE*: off, on, automatic, reshuffle

seek [go / jump] to time *HOURS* hours *MINUTES* minutes *SECONDS* seconds

X

Absolute seek.  Must provide at least one amount.

seek [go / jump] forward [ahead]

X

Seeks default amount set in MC.  Optionally can append amount of hours,

seek [go / jump] backward [back]

X

minutes, and/or seconds (see above).

PLAYDOCTOR

start play doctor with artist [band / group] *ARTIST*

X

Starts play doctor with specified artist name.

start play doctor with composer *COMPOSER*

X

Starts play doctor with specified composer name.

start play doctor with genre *GENRE*

X

Starts play doctor with specified genre name.

start play doctor with *NAME*

X

Starts play doctor with specified seed. Randomly fails with certain strings.

PLAYLISTS

play playlist *NAME*

X

X

Plays playlist with exact name or first playlist that contains specified name.

PLAY FROM

all music

X

X

*OPTIONS*: shuffle, sort, play next, add, shuffle and play next, shuffle and add,

SEARCH

play genre *GENRE*

X

X

   sort and play next, sort and add

play album *ALBUM*

X

X

All searches are fuzzy (contains name, not an exact match).

play artist [band / group] *ARTIST*

X

X

play album *ALBUM* by artist [band / group] *ARTIST*

X

X

play track [song] *NAME*

X

X

play tracks [songs] matching *NAME*

X

X

play track [song] *NAME* from album *ALBUM*

X

X

play track [song] *NAME* by artist [band / group] *ARTIST*

X

X

play track [song] *NAME* by artist [band / group] *ARTIST* from album *ALBUM*

X

X

play composer *COMPOSER*

X

X

play piece [album] *ALBUM* by composer *COMPOSER*

X

X

play genre *GENRE* by composer *COMPOSER*

X

X

play movie [film] *MOVIE*

X

X

play movie [film] *MOVIE* from year *YEAR*

X

X

play series [tv show] *SERIES*

X

X

play season *SEASON* of series [tv show] *SERIES*

X

X

play series [tv show] *SERIES* season *SEASON*

X

X

play series [tv show] *SERIES* season *SEASON* episode *EPISODE*

X

X

play series [tv show] *SERIES* episode *EPISODE*

X

X

play season *SEASON* episode *EPISODE* of series [tv show] *SERIES*

X

X

CLOUDPLAY

start cloud play with genre *Genre*

X

play radio j river station *Station*

X

RATING

what is the rating [get rating]

set the rating to *RATING*

*RATING*: 0-5

clear rating

same as "set rating to 0"

*Zone => optional at end of command to specify desired zone: “play playlist [random songs] on zone [player]”

*Options => optional at end of command to specify playback options: “play playlist [random songs] on zone [player] with options [shuffle]”