[mythtv-users] Preventing bad show for small children

Ben Dash ben_dash at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 3 12:57:56 EST 2005


--- Phill Edwards wrote:
> > 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.
Could you please provide a little more detail how
you'd do this?

Thanks!

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