[mythtv-users] Problem with parental level on 2nd frontend

[Dave Richardson]

 On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:01:38 +0100, raptor jr <raptorjr at hotmail.com> 
 wrote:
>>The video files are profiled in the BE database with their
> parental
>>level, which is used by all FEs.
>>
>>You must setup the parental controls correctly on EACH FE.
>
>  Are you saying that for each and every file that i have set a
> parental level on at my backend/frontend i need to do this change on
> every frontend i have? Why use storage groups then if it is the same
> work as with NFS?

 When I add a video under MythVideo, I set the parental level.  That 
 video can be a single file or a ripped DVD folder.  In either case, the 
 parental level is set in the database on the master backend.

 When each frontend is asked to display the list of videos, the list of 
 videos and parental levels are queried from the backend and the parental 
 controls are known from the specific FE's configuration.

 1) Central video/file storage
 2) Central video parental level in the backend database
 3) Each frontend needs to be profiled with how to block/display videos 
 based upon #1 and #2.

 What may be confusing is that you often use a FE to set the parental 
 levels on each file/video.  Yes, you need to do that once for each video 
 (or explore options to mass update in the database directly).  BUT you 
 only need to update the video's metadata for that parental setting ONCE 
 - again, because it is stored in the BE database.

 All of this assumes that you have a central storage disk/volume/nas for 
 your videos and that they are not locally stored on a specific FE (which 
 wouldn't make sense.)