Which mp3/media player could I buy which will allow me to run an existing set of python scripts.
The existing scripts control xmms on linux: providing "next tracks" given data on ratings/last played/genre/how long since acquired/.... so that it all runs on a server upstairs somewhere, and I do not need to choose anything.
I'd like to use these scripts in the car, and I hope there is some media player that will let me change its playlist/current song from Python. Can you recommend such a machine ?
(I'd rather avoid the various types of iPod - they are a bit too "end-user focussed" for me)
Another possibility is to use an old iPod and iPod Linux and the Python Port for iPod Linux.
You'll use Podzilla's Media Player Daemon as the player and you'll have to figure out how to have your python scripts send control messages to it instead of xmms.