I want to at the least begin and cease music on my HomePod, and ideally additionally choose what music to play, and management the quantity. Is that this potential?

I wish to use any script or app that may be managed from (e.g.) Alfred or BetterTouchTool. I actually do not care if it is a shell script, AppleScript, Javascript, or one thing else.

However I might strongly desire that I not must run Music.app on my Mac to perform this. I discover that app to be extraordinarily heavyweight and awkward. Homepod works high quality with out Music.app (e.g. by means of the Siri interface) so why would I would like Music.app operating on a regular basis as a ineffective middleman? It simply wastes house in my visual field (by placing one other merchandise within the management–tab menu) and wastes sources on the pc. If in any respect potential, I wish to management the HomePod straight from the script.