[mythtv-users] Ideas for family proofing the mythbox

[Tom Lichti]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Andrew LaCroix
<andrew.lacroix at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for ways on how you have family proofed and made more
>>> friendly your mythbox for the non-techie kids or spouse.
>
> I have small children in the house and like to set the Group Filter to
> "Children's Programming" before going to bed on Friday nights -- this
> allows my kids to wake up and watch age-appropriate shows while we
> sleep in :)
>
> I'd like to add a dedicated menu item to the myth menus to set this
> filter; specifically, make a way to enter the "Watch Recordings" view
> with this filter set by default.  Does anyone know if this is
> possible?

I remember there used to be a way to do that, unfortunately, I don't
recall how it was done exactly, but I believe you had to modify the
menu xml file and add the group name somewhere.

Tom