[mythtv-users] how to remove "schedule recordings" menu item

lists at muddysmind.com lists at muddysmind.com
Tue Aug 13 17:04:38 UTC 2013


> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:02 PM, <lists at muddysmind.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm trying to prevent my family from recording items and since there is
>> no
>> built in ability to password protect that menu item my only hope is to
>> remove it from the machines they have access to. I read on an much older
>> thread someone suggesting to someone else with a similar issue that they
>> just remove that item from the menu but for the life of me I can't
>> figure
>> out where/how to do it.
>> I assume they are hard coded into the mythfrontend.real binary?
>> I checked the sql database for any mention of this menu item but did not
>> see anything.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>  <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>
>
> See http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Menu_theme_development_guide .  In short,
> copy the appropriate mainmenu.xml from the MythTV installation area
> (possibly /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/mainmenu.xml) into
> ~/.mythtv/ and edit it as you see fit.
>
> However, watch out for the "Schedule" submenu in the Playback OSD menu.
> In
> 0.27 you will be able to customize (i.e. remove) that, but not in 0.26 or
> earlier.
>
> Jim
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Sounds like a plan I was already prepping to update Myth so this fits
right in, thanks for the information.



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