[mythtv-users] Ideas for family proofing the mythbox

[John]

On 16/03/11 15:56, 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.
>
> Tom
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If you want to use the features already there, try:

TV Settings -> playback -> Recording groups (5/8)
You can set the default group filter to "Children's Programming" and 
deselect "save current group filter when changed"

Set like this, the frontend will always fail-safe to Children's programming. However it does mean to get to other recording groups you need to go through the required button presses on the remote.  And by definition its not sticky. If you want to be really crack down on the children's viewing you can also password protect the other recording profiles.
SO this is a good solution where you want to use the code/packages as they are, and its mainly for the children.