[mythtv-users] Ideas for family proofing the mythbox

[Alex Butcher]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Tom Lichti wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Andrew LaCroix
> <andrew.lacroix at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>> I'm looking for ways on how you have family proofed and made more
>>>> friendly your mythbox for the non-techie kids or spouse.
>>
>> I have small children in the house and like to set the Group Filter to
>> "Children's Programming" before going to bed on Friday nights -- this
>> allows my kids to wake up and watch age-appropriate shows while we
>> sleep in :)
>>
>> I'd like to add a dedicated menu item to the myth menus to set this
>> filter; specifically, make a way to enter the "Watch Recordings" view
>> with this filter set by default.  Does anyone know if this is
>> possible?
>
> I remember there used to be a way to do that, unfortunately, I don't
> recall how it was done exactly, but I believe you had to modify the
> menu xml file and add the group name somewhere.

I'd be tempted to setup a cron job to mangle the mythconverg database
automatically. No chance of forgetting to do it, then...

> Tom

Best Regards,
Alex