User specific media lists

[Marco2G 4]

Hi!

What would be the best way to allow a specific user to only see certain movies and shows and nothing more?

My wife will soon teach religion and it would make her life easier if she could stream certain things during class, especially since she could give the kids access to rewatch at home. To that end, I'd need to streamline that user to all religion related media.

 

Can this be done?

[GrimReaper 4740]

Tag-based or Folder-based access control. 

Edit: Tags can work in either "Block" or "Allow" mode. 

@sa2000KB article might need updating as it mentions blocking only. 

Edited August 6, 2024 by GrimReaper
Clarification

[Marco2G 4]

Can I whitelist tags? So far I just saw blacklisting under parental controls.

 

How exactly would folder based work? Would I just add both folders to the access list for the other users?

[GrimReaper 4740]

7 minutes ago, Marco2G said:

Can I whitelist tags?

Yes, you should have Tag restriction mode dropdown (Block items/Allow only items) in user Parental Control tab? 

8 minutes ago, Marco2G said:

How exactly would folder based work? Would I just add both folders to the access list for the other users?

Exactly. 

[Marco2G 4]

Ah thanks. I guess I was blind there.

As for folders, for the life of me I can't seem to connect SMB shares anymore. Ah well, tags it is.

[GrimReaper 4740]

1 minute ago, Marco2G said:

As for folders, for the life of me I can't seem to connect SMB shares anymore.

You can always open another topic in the respective forum section in order to troubleshoot that. 

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[Marco2G 4]

Nah, I'm sure if I fiddle with it long enough it'll become clear.

 

Is it correct that tags need to be typed in manually on every media items?

[GrimReaper 4740]

4 minutes ago, Marco2G said:

Is it correct that tags need to be typed in manually on every media items?

It is, but something like:

would make short work of it. 

Edited August 6, 2024 by GrimReaper

[Marco2G 4]

Ah, good to know.

Thank you! I have another question of the cosmetic variety but I'll make a new topic for that.

[sa2000 674]

On 06/08/2024 at 17:46, GrimReaper said:

KB article might need updating as it mentions blocking only. 

This has been done. Both of these articles have been updated Parental Controls and Metadata-Manager

Edited August 22, 2024 by sa2000