[mythtv-users] How MythTV Works / Custom Front End

[Simon Hobson]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

>>Is there a way I can keep the mythtvweb page as it is but create a new
>>mythwebpage for my users to access which just shows the tv guide and
>>allows them to start a recording only. Ie no other options and cannot
>>stop a recording?

>Not out of the box, but being open source, you'd be free to modify 
>Mythweb to do what you want.  MythTV is designed as a home PVR/DVR 
>and as such isn't geared towards limited or per-user configurations 
>although such ideas have been discussed in the past.

Also, the way the question has been asked suggests that the users 
can't be fully trusted not to "fiddle about" with other people's 
recordings. That being the case, can they be trusted to add their own 
recordings ?

I ask because if you allow someone to add their own recordings, then 
they can create a denial of service to everyone else just by asking 
for more recordings than your system can support (either a tuner 
limitation, or a hardware capacity restriction).
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