Controlling playback
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## Controlling playback

`next`

  Plays next song in the playlist.

`pause` {`PAUSE`}

  Toggles pause/resumes playing, `PAUSE` is 0 or 1.

  ### Note

  The use of pause command w/o the PAUSE argument is deprecated.

`play` [`SONGPOS`]

  Begins playing the playlist at song number `SONGPOS`.

`playid` [`SONGID`]

  Begins playing the playlist at song `SONGID`.

`previous`

  Plays previous song in the playlist.

`seek` {`SONGPOS`} {`TIME`}

  Seeks to the position `TIME` (in seconds; fractions allowed) of entry `SONGPOS` in the playlist.

`seekid` {`SONGID`} {`TIME`}

  Seeks to the position `TIME` (in seconds; fractions allowed) of song `SONGID`.

`seekcur` {`TIME`}

  Seeks to the position `TIME` (in seconds; fractions allowed) within the current song. If prefixed by '+' or '-', then the time is relative to the current playing position.

`stop`

  Stops playing.

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