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2004-11-18, 11:45
hi
i really like the xbmc however it would be great if
i could have a parental lock control .
in simplest form have a my adult section in home
which is password protected, and contains
the same functions in home.
in complex form each area could have in the xml
file an age rating. if this age rating is < a set value
such as 18 it asks for a password.
that way my kids can turn the xbox on, watch their
movies, play their games but not play my games or watch my movies.
i dont want my 5 year old playing games like halo yet or
watching van helsing, etc.
cheers
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i agree, a parental lock or any lock would be nice. it would be nice if you had the option of just adding a tag to a menu in the xml file to password protect a menu such as when selecting my videos a password is prompted. or, another nice feature would be to have a user login screen as soon as xbmx is launched much like a winxp login screen. this screen could work with the profiles feature already in xbmc so that a kids menu and an adults menu or even a per user menu could be implemented. not sure if anyone would like to see this but hopefully there are a few out there.
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any kind of protection on a folder or folders or user would be great and looks like slacker is in great shape to impliment it hope it does come to light
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hi. i'm new around here so don't know if it was posted before. have a kid with 5 years; don't want him to play some games i have in the disk (halo, doom, etc). is there some way to "block" them with password or something?
thanks in advance
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2006-03-24, 13:33
hi. i'm new around here so don't know if it was posted before. have a kid with 5 years; don't want him to play some games i have in the disk (halo, doom, etc). is there some way to "block" them with password or something?
thanks in advance
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thanks again.
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azido
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(This post was last modified: 2008-12-01, 00:21 by azido.)
that is exactly what i wanted to request some minutes ago.
i see there is no difference made between movies and adult movies (porn), so if you have listed any porn it just appears in the "normal" movie list.
my request would be to create another section beside "movies" and "tv-shows" named "adult" or something like that - either with an option to exclude it from a certain profile or with a password prompt when trying to enter that section in database mode. the second would be fantastic!
edit: okay. i've played around a bit with that given profiles in xbmc.
this might be a good solution since as i have different sources for adult content than for "normal" movies, i can seperate them simply by not adding the adult paths to the family profile. in combination with password protecting the settings they cannot be added by my family.
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There is the ability to password protect sources in XBMC, I've used this feature for a long time. Or another option use different profiles that can be password protected.
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I am a recent convert from MythTV, and they almost have parental control right.
"MythVideo supports the ability to limit what videos maybe viewed without a password/pin. There are 4 different levels that a video/file can be set at. From within the configuration you can select a default level. Any videos/files at or below that level will show up in the list. Use Video Manger to change the level of any particular video (must be done on a video-by-video case).
MythVideo will only stay at that level until you try to change the level (by hitting keys 1-4 in the Browse or List screens). "
They had 4 levels with 3 independent pins for the levels 2-4. The appropriate level could be applied when a video was imported, and was configured by adjusting the ratings to the levels. If level 4 was unlocked, all levels were unlocked. The same could apply for game and tv ratings, with manual overrides. XBMC also needs an inactivity time to reset to the default access level. This is much more convenient than (un)locking individual sources. It would be perfect if the number of levels were user definable with multiple top and subordinate levels.