2013-02-14, 09:28
(2013-02-13, 20:49)Sinopsis Wrote: I joined just to post this reply...
The arrogance of the team members in their reply for "better parenting" is astounding...Everyone's situation is different.
For example, my ex-wife had an auto accident that left my son paralyzed from the neck down...so I've setup his computer that he can control with a chin-joystick to be a remote for his tv, that tv can play content from my DLNA server.
I have my DLNA server in my media room with all the content added as sources. I personally would love the ability to restrict which content a DLNA client can see based on rating or some other criteria. You can't tell me to organize my stuff differently just because you don't think its necessary. There is obvious demand for it, and the "better parenting" bullshit you gave earlier doesn't apply. Since my son can basically only watch tv, I obviously will not be spending every waking minute with him.
I haven't been using XBMC for very long, and I think it has a lot of potential, but just because it is free, doesn't mean people will continue to use it if you ignore their needs. Especially for something as simple as this.
I mean seriously, the DLNA client initates request for content, XBMC checks an access list to ratings hashtable, either deny or allow the request.
The fact that your son had an unfortunate accident is not our fault. The fact that he is now disabled doesn't actually change your request. It has nothing to do with the request, in fact.
We work on features and tasks that we want to. If no one wants to make it so that your son can't watch porn, then you're out of luck and should use some other software.
My original comment was saying that relying on sites like kids-in-mind.com really isn't good enough to blindly trust. Parents should talk to their kids about what is acceptable to watch or not. Talk about why watching certain things is bad, etc, as a far better means than trusting a hard-line filter. Most kids will easily find ways past filters. I know I never had an issue getting past such technical restrictions if I really wanted to.
It's not to say there shouldn't be any support for those filters, or that they don't do at least some good, but I believe I made a valid point.