[mythtv-users] limit daily tv time?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Sunday, October 31, 2010 05:52:08 am George Nassas wrote:
>> On 2010-10-30, at 3:03 PM, David L wrote:
>> > Is there a mythtv setting to limit how much mythtv playback time for a
>> > certain profile is allowed each day?
>>
>> There's nothing built-in but with system events
>> (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_System_Events) you could have a script
>> monitor playback time and then take down the frontend and lirc when your
>> threshold is reached.
>
> How about instead of monitoring total time you figure out a way to monitor "quality". Each network would be assigned a
> "quality value", with perhaps PBS getting a "5", and MTV getting "-25".
>
> You would then calculate a quality value ("Q") by multiplying the time by the "Q" factor of the network being watched. As
> the number changes, the allowable channels would change, so that initially anything could be watched, and after say, an
> hour of MTV, only C-SPAN and PBS could be tuned until the "Q" factor was once again in positive territory.
>
> The problem with your system is it assumes an hour of watching MTV or the Cartoon Network is the same as an hour of PBS or
> the BBC, which it is not. There is some programming we don't mind having kids watch, and there are others we would rather
> they not even be aware of. My system would take into account the "quality" of the network. Obviously such Q factors could
> be adjusted to fit the individual prejudices of the parents involved.


How about a gps unit on their back so you can increase allowable tv
time after an hour or so playing outside? (I can see the gps being
attached to the dog LOL)

How about keeping an eye on our kids instead of getting the computer
to? Now theres a novel idea :) :)