Childproofing my Apple TV library

[rexboyce]

I have Apple TV hooked up and I love it. I have tons of both kids videos and R rated movies. These movies are not from iTunes but have been ripped from the DVD. I am afraid that my 8 year old, who knows how to work the AppleTV, may end up clicking on the wrong movie when the babysitter is over and end up with an R rated flick. Is there a way for the entire library to be on itunes but somehow password protect only some of the content? Or, any other possible solutions would be great. Thanks!

 

[tigres]

I have Apple TV hooked up and I love it. I have tons of both kids videos and R rated movies. These movies are not from iTunes but have been ripped from the DVD. I am afraid that my 8 year old, who knows how to work the AppleTV, may end up clicking on the wrong movie when the babysitter is over and end up with an R rated flick. Is there a way for the entire library to be on itunes but somehow password protect only some of the content? Or, any other possible solutions would be great. Thanks!

I do not believe this to be an easy solution. You may be best to utilize the chip protection on the TV, and password protect it; thus protecting eyes from the whole enchilada.

Of course, when they want to watch something- the babysitter can supervise the content.

 

[imahawki]

Use "iDentify" or "MetaX" to tag all the content with the appropriate ratings and then use the built in parental controls in the Apple TV.

 

[From A Buick 8]

there is parental control in itunes, it works very well (as long as the movies you add are tagged right)

Just set it up to require a password for r rated movies.

(imahawki beat me to it, what he said)

 

[rexboyce]

Thanks

Thanks for the info. I am using MetaX now

 

[rodman109110]

If your on a mac I don't think metaX has been updated in a long time. Subler is a great alternative.

If your on windows metax should work fine.