I would like to build a music player / device for an older person, not tech savvy user.
I have the MP3s on my linux desktop/laptop, but not all the metadata and cover art.
I’ve worked with RPi before, jailbreaking iPhones and roku. So I have some limited experience with small devices.
I’m wondering if I could obtain some kind of old/used android phone, remove all the apps so the home screen is completely empty, transfer via USB or ssh/scp the MP3 files (and metadata + cover art), then have some kind of music player app which would be the only app on the phone/device.
Then shutdown any wifi or internet connectivity, but still allow bluetooth to pair with an external speaker.
Like I want to preload all the songs, and I don’t want her to be confused with any other apps or any other app store.
Just see the cover art and find the songs.
Almost like an iPod from 20 years ago. Or the geriatric flip phone equivalent.
In my day, we called this standalone device an MP3 player.
Why not just an iphone from 20 years ago and some speakers?
Cheap android phone + some kind of minimalist launcher (ask r/androidapps) + musicolet + Syncthing (if you want to get fancy and download them more music later, you have to keep the music on your computer though)