CD audio devices support the following core set of commands. CD audio devices also support notify and wait as optional flags. You can add either or both of these flags to any CD audio command.
| capability device_name |
{can eject | can play | can record | can save | compound device | device type | has audio | has video | uses files} |
| close device_name, |
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| info device_name |
[product] |
| open device_name |
[alias device_alias] [shareable] |
| pause device_name, |
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| play device_name |
[from position] [to position] |
| resume device_name, |
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| seek device_name |
[to position | to start | to end] |
| set device_name |
[audio all off | audio all on | audio left off | audio left on | audio right off | audio right on | video off | video on] [door closed | door open] [time format milliseconds | time format ms | time format msf | time format tmsf] |
| status device_name |
{current track | length | length track track_number | media present | mode | number of tracks | position | position track track_number | ready | start position | time format} |
| stop device_name, |
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