[mythtv-users] how to remove "schedule recordings" menu item

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>>> Hello all,
>>> I'm trying to prevent my family from recording items and since there is
>>> no
>>> built in ability to password protect that menu item my only hope is to
>>> remove it from the machines they have access to. I read on an much
>>> older
>>> thread someone suggesting to someone else with a similar issue that
>>> they
>>> just remove that item from the menu but for the life of me I can't
>>> figure
>>> out where/how to do it.
>>> I assume they are hard coded into the mythfrontend.real binary?
>>> I checked the sql database for any mention of this menu item but did
>>> not
>>> see anything.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> See http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Menu_theme_development_guide .  In short,
>> copy the appropriate mainmenu.xml from the MythTV installation area
>> (possibly /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/mainmenu.xml) into
>> ~/.mythtv/
>> and edit it as you see fit.
>>
>> However, watch out for the "Schedule" submenu in the Playback OSD menu.
>> In
>> 0.27 you will be able to customize (i.e. remove) that, but not in 0.26
>> or
>> earlier.
>
> Not to promote it, but you could always use XBMC, or a UPNP player on
> that TV.  Wouldn't be able to watch livetv, but you could play
> recordings and videos all day long without fear that they would
> disrupt anything.
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I would, however my tv tuner died and I have no choice but to use Mythtv
for live viewing.