[mythtv-users] 0.25 Parental controls

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/02/2012 01:27 AM, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> On 03/01/2012 08:27 AM, Raffaele Belardi wrote:
>> On 02/29/2012 10:41 PM, Neil Salstrom wrote:
>>> Is anyone running master and using parental controls for videos?  It
>>> does not seem to be working for me.  All videos are shown initially.
>>> If I switch levels it asks for my password then correctly shows the
>>> videos based on the levels I've set.  After a short period of time it
>>> reverts back to all videos.  It was working fine in 0.24-fixes but now
>>> that I've moved to master it is now working.
>> It did work for me before last update (yesterday evening), I'll check if
>> it still does. I'm using the Gentoo packaging so it might not be the
>> most up to date.
> I confirm it is broken for me.

WIth some saying that it works and some saying it doesn't, I wonder if 
this could be a case of misunderstanding settings.

Do those of you for whom the setting doesn't appear to work have "File 
browse mode" enabled?  "File browse mode" is an evil (and inefficient) 
setting that no one should be using.  It says, "Ignore everything in the 
database and scan every single video directory on every single host 
every time I start up MythVideo and just show everything you find."  You 
should, instead, be using MythVideo to scan for changes and then manage 
the metadata for your videos so that it's stored to the database and 
used every time you use MythVideo.

I have a feeling most people who "Enable file browse mode" do so 
thinking it's what allows them to see directory structures.  Instead, 
directory structures/hierarchy is available by selecting "Disable flat 
view".

Note that "Enable/Disable file browse mode" and "Enable/Disable flat 
view" are available in the MENU in MythVideo, but are enabled and 
disabled separately for the 3 MythVideo views--Browse view, List view, 
and Gallery view.  Therefore, you may need to disable file browse mode 
in multiple views.

Mike