[mythtv-users] Problem with Parental Control pin on 0.25

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Oct 15 20:48:13 UTC 2012


On 10/15/2012 04:30 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 10/15/2012 01:41 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 09/10/2012 12:07 PM, Michael wrote:
>>> I am having an issue with parental controls with mythtv 0.25-2.  I 
>>> am using minimyth-0.25-2.81.
>>>
>>> The problem:
>>>
>>> * Parental controls are set to default to level 1
>>> * Default view is Gallery Mode
>>> * When I enter watch videos, I am shown the files/folders that are 
>>> appropriate for level 1
>>> * Pressing 4 should prompt for the Parental Pin, but instead 
>>> highlights a specific movie or folder. ( 1 always highlights the 
>>> same movie, 2
>>> highlights a different movie consistently, etc. )
>>
>> Don't you need to use the MENU or Video/INCPARENT or Video/DECPARENT 
>> to change parental group?  I don't think just hitting a parental level
>> number is supposed to change the parental level.
>
> Using a keyboard, pressing 1-4 does bring up the password prompt. I just
> tried it (0.27-pre) and I remember doing it that way when testing ticket
> #10388 this March under 0.25pre.
>
> I don't have any IR devices for testing.

If so, it's a terrible design flaw since it conflicts with the "jump to 
x10 percent" keys.  (Not saying the "jump to" is a good design--just 
that this is an obvious conflict.)

Mike


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