[mythtv-users] Leanfrontend and parental controls?

[Michael]

On 4/7/20 10:03 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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> On 4/6/20 5:14 PM, Michael wrote:
>> Hello,
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>> I was curious if parental controls was a feature that was being 
>> considered for the lean frontend?
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>> I use this feature a lot to keep the kid away from grown up 
>> movies.    For the front end in her room, it starts at level 1 which 
>> is kids movies only.   The living room starts at level 2 which 
>> includes Kids and more grown up movies, etc.
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>> Michael
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> No - I have considered that. Never having used parental controls, I am 
> not familiar with how they work. It is possibly something I can look 
> into. leanfront is a one man effort at the moment. Can you let me know 
> how you use parental controls? Is it for recordings only or videos as 
> well? Does it depend on the ratings from the listing service?


Hi Peter,


Parental controls are in mythvideo only as far as I know: 
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Video_Library#Parental_Controls.   Any time 
I post about parental controls, it seems like I am one of the only 
persons using this capability :)


The levels are pretty basic with only 1-4.   They are not automatically 
set.   The info is in the videometadata table in showlevel.   I have a 
script that sets these levels in the DB based on directory structure.


in mythvideo, you can set a default level to use when entering. Then you 
can press 1-4 to change levels.   You can set a pin for each level if 
you want.  If there is no pin, you can change without being promoted.   
So, for example, in the living room, I default to 2.   My daughter can 
get to all the kid movies and some PG-13 movies.   To get to R or above, 
you would have to select 3 on the remote and you would be prompted for a 
pin.   Then you could see/browse these movies.   I think all of the 
checking/validation/etc happens on the frontend - so it is really just a 
filter of what is being displayed.


Not a priority and like I said, I am not sure how many people use this 
feature.


Michael