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daveshome at gmail

Apr 12, 2007, 2:56 PM

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Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory?

Quick question for the Mythtv gods. long long time user of myth. Great work
people. I am setting up a frontend in the bedroom and want it to use a
different dir for mythvideo then the downstairs myth. Is this possible?

I'd like to be able to watch Pron with the wife in bed but not have the kids
see it. Problem is that the kids have access to the mythvid dir to put their
stuff on there.

Thanks for any help and keep up the great work

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jon at sd-6

Apr 12, 2007, 3:01 PM

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Re: Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory? [In reply to]

David Won wrote:
> Quick question for the Mythtv gods. long long time user of myth. Great
> work people. I am setting up a frontend in the bedroom and want it to
> use a different dir for mythvideo then the downstairs myth. Is this
> possible?

Generally, any settings in the frontend are frontend specific, so yes.

>
> I'd like to be able to watch Pron with the wife in bed but not have the
> kids see it. Problem is that the kids have access to the mythvid dir to
> put their stuff on there.
>
>
> Thanks for any help and keep up the great work
>
>
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awithers at anduin

Apr 12, 2007, 3:20 PM

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Re: Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory? [In reply to]

> I am setting up a frontend in the bedroom and want it to use a different
> dir for mythvideo then the downstairs myth. Is this possible?

Maybe. If you are using the video manager, no, if you do not and never plan
to (and won't run it), yes.

> I'd like to be able to watch [.movies with ratings I'd prefer my children
> not to see, such as filth rated PG or PG-13] with the wife in bed but not
> have the kids see it.

Less detail would be nice. I'm only answering because the last answer was
wrong. Look at the parental control features (the level and PIN settings).

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cfunk30myth at gmail

Apr 12, 2007, 3:22 PM

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Re: Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory? [In reply to]

On 4/12/07, Jon <jon [at] sd-6> wrote:
>
>
>
> David Won wrote:
> > Quick question for the Mythtv gods. long long time user of myth. Great
> > work people. I am setting up a frontend in the bedroom and want it to
> > use a different dir for mythvideo then the downstairs myth. Is this
> > possible?
>
> Generally, any settings in the frontend are frontend specific, so yes.
>
>
> >
> > I'd like to be able to watch Pron with the wife in bed but not have the
> > kids see it. Problem is that the kids have access to the mythvid dir to
> > put their stuff on there.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help and keep up the great work
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.tabooki.com/xoops/html/
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>

How about using the parental codes? Then you could get freaky where ever
you have a frontend. (sorry couldn't resist) :-)

daveshome at gmail

Apr 12, 2007, 3:49 PM

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Re: Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory? [In reply to]

The parental control doesn't help because they have access to the shared dir
where they put their movies. I want to use a different dir on the upstairs
frontend which is not shared to them. It doesn't seem to be frontend
specific. If I add movies to frontend A and then go to frontend B they are
there but not playable. I have found that if I enable browsing it works as I
can then just browse the files on upstairs frontend and not have to add them
to the database. Problem is that then I cannot use the parental controls
because the default when adding files is to have them at level 1. If there
is a way to have vids default to parental level 2 or higher it is all
figured out.

On 4/12/07, Anduin Withers <awithers [at] anduin> wrote:
>
> > I am setting up a frontend in the bedroom and want it to use a different
> > dir for mythvideo then the downstairs myth. Is this possible?
>
> Maybe. If you are using the video manager, no, if you do not and never
> plan
> to (and won't run it), yes.
>
> > I'd like to be able to watch [.movies with ratings I'd prefer my children
> > not to see, such as filth rated PG or PG-13] with the wife in bed but
> not
> > have the kids see it.
>
> Less detail would be nice. I'm only answering because the last answer was
> wrong. Look at the parental control features (the level and PIN settings).
>
> --
> Anduin Withers
>
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daveshome at gmail

Apr 16, 2007, 8:07 AM

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Re: Can a frontend have a different mythvideo directory? [In reply to]

Found a way around this. Not for everybody but it works for me. Basically I
just made mythvideo ask for a password when you enter it. Here is what I
did.

Edit main.cpp in the mythvideo directory

Find this

static int runVideoTree(VideoList *video_list)
{
return exec_screen(new VideoTree(gContext->GetMainWindow(),
"videotree", "video-",
"video tree", video_list),
"videolistings");
}

Change to this

static int runVideoTree(VideoList *video_list)
{
if (checkParentPassword())
{
return exec_screen(new VideoTree(gContext->GetMainWindow(),
"videotree", "video-",
"video tree", video_list),
"videolistings");
}
return 0;
}

On 4/13/07, David Won <daveshome [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> The problem with this is that the movies will show up in mythvideo. Sure I
> can put parental controls on them but then the kids can't rescan the
> database to add their files.
>
> I almost have it now but need a way to make the default for videos when
> browsing is enabled to be higher than 1. Since I enabled browsing I can see
> the files and they are not added to the database. This is good because they
> do not show up downstairs.
>
> Now the problem is that I want it password protected upstairs. This is why
> I need the default to be higher than 1. Any ideas on where I can edit files
> or database entries to make the default when browsing video files that are
> not added to the database to have a parental level of 1 or higher
>
>
>
>
> On 4/12/07, Jon <jon [at] sd-6> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Assuming frontend A user and frontend B user have different uid's. Just
> > put restricted videos in a sub directory and limit access to frontend B
> > user (master bedroom user). The directory will be visible to frontend A
> >
> > user, but if it does not have rx rights on the directory, problem
> > solved.
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> >
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