Or, this being Meego...

how about instead of/before all these extra control options, you add a simple DBUS interface? Then we can script it for you... I think we'd need:

• get status (playing/paused, song title, time position)
• play/pause
• next
• previous

bonus if you can do:

• subscribe or broadcast status change (not time, of course, just play/pause and song change)
• get album art