[mythtv-users] Leanfrontend and parental controls?

[Peter Bennett]

On 4/7/20 2:58 PM, Michael wrote:
> On 4/7/20 10:03 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/6/20 5:14 PM, Michael wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I was curious if parental controls was a feature that was being 
>>> considered for the lean frontend?
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>> 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
>
>
>
Hi Michael

Do you use "Enable Automatic Parental Level from Rating"?

In the USA for movies those are G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17. If you have TV 
shows in your videos they seem to be rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, 
TV-14, TV-MA. In the UK, the movie ratings are Uc, U, PG, 12A, 12, 15, 
18, R18. Every country has a different system.

Other than that, you need an entry in settings to allow a pin for each 
level. I notice that items you are not allowed to see are not even shown 
in the list.

It should not be too difficult ...

Peter