[mythtv-users] Leanfrontend and parental controls?

[Michael]

On 4/7/20 12:59 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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> On 4/7/20 2:58 PM, Michael wrote:
>> On 4/7/20 10:03 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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>>> 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?
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>> Hi Peter,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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>> Not a priority and like I said, I am not sure how many people use 
>> this feature.
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>>
>> Michael
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> 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 ...



Hi Peter,


I do not currently use the automatic parental level from rating.   I 
think as my child gets older, it might make sense, but I haven't made 
any plans to use it so far.   Today, I just symlink files into a kids 
folder that I want her to see and keep everything else at a higher rating.


That is correct, that you can't even see videos if they are not rated at 
the current level or lower.  I don't recall how it handles videos with 
no rating.  I would assume they would be visible to all.


I would put this on the 'I am really bored' list for consideration, but 
I wouldn't want it to get in the way of other important features   :)   
Thanks for the consideration.


Michael