[mythtv-users] Preventing bad show for small children

[Phill Edwards]

> Does MythTV has some type of content filter to keep out bad shows. Or some
> kind of login interface?
>
> If I had a server in the basement and a thinclient at each TV booting from
> a network disk image that has lets say KDE as a GUI then the login screen
> would show up and each user could select thier own login and then the
> mythtv frontend would come up and they could do thier thing.
>
> I am asuming I can restrict login times for the kids so they are not
> watching TV all dang day using the OS but how would I filter chanells so
> little kids are not watching bad shows or teenagers watching rated R
> content while still allowing my wife and I to watch what we want.
>
> I know TV has that little TVG, TVPG ratings and things on the shows. Can
> that be used somehow to prevent viewing shows not intended for young
> vieweres?

You can set up recording group which has a PIN associated with it.
Then when you record something adult you can assig it to that group so
only people who know the PIN can access it.