Parental Rating Labels - Next Stages

DeltaMikeCharlie

TVHeadend currently supports the ability to display parental rating labels, for example ‘PG’ for EPG data that it receives via DVB and XMLTV. I am also working on ATSC, but that is not yet complete.

Currently, this feature is disabled by default. Once the user enables the feature, TVH will create a placeholder for every new rating label that it encounters. The user then needs to manually set or modify some of the settings to suit their locale.

I’d like to discuss adding several steps to automate this process.

Step 1 - Setup Wizard

During the Setup Wizard, ask the user if they want parental rating labels enabled.

This will produce the same result as if the user had manually enabled this feature with placeholder labels being created as new labels are encountered.

Step 2a - Pre-Load Rating Labels

Based on a new JSON file to be added to the WebUI, the user can select to pre-load rating labels for their preferred country/countries.

If this is done as part of the setup wizard, the country selected during the service scan could be used as basis for selecting a default country. Alternately, rating labels could simply be created for every entry in the JSON file.

Users would still be free to manually edit or delete the rating labels created as they see fit.

Step 2b - Pre-Load Rating Icons

In addition to the step above, the icons associated with each parental rating label will be added to the static image store of the WebUI. When a rating label is created, it will be linked to an appropriate image where one is available.

Users would still be free to provide their own icons if they prefer.

Thoughts and comments welcome.

SΛSϾHΛ 

I use this function and find it very well solved so far.
I still lack the possibility to provide such movies etc. with a pin. Youth protection is a serious topic here in Germany (even if it is not welcome for everyone).

However, it should be left to everyone to activate or deactivate the parental control.
For households with young children, however, it should generally be a possibility.

DeltaMikeCharlie

SΛSϾHΛ  I use this function and find it very well solved so far.

Thank you. This feedback is valuable.

Once your system learned the rating labels in your area, how easy/difficult did you find the process of defining ages and icons, etc?

SΛSϾHΛ  I still lack the possibility to provide such movies etc. with a pin.

Are you saying that you would like to be able to implement a 'parental control' feature to restrict access to programmes using a PIN/password based on the rating label?

If so, each rating label has a 'display age', perhaps the restriction could be based on assigning a user a 'maximum display age' and only allow that user to view/record/play programmes less than or equal to that setting.

Perhaps the WebUI could display a blocked icon or something similar for items that cannot be viewed.

What front end do you use? I wonder if it makes more sense to apply this restriction at the front end, like Kodi, for example.