- From: Chris Needham <chris.needham@bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 09:08:33 +0000
- To: Paul Higgs <paul.higgs@ericsson.com>, Sean Lin <selin@mozilla.com>
- CC: "public-tvapi@w3.org" <public-tvapi@w3.org>
Hi Sean and Paul, Regarding parental control and programme recording: > The parental control looks channel-based. But here are some derived questions: > * Is it allowed to record a parental protected channel, or a program in that > channel, when parental control is on? If so, then we only need to check > parental control when trying to play the recorded data. (Should this restriction > get applied to the recorded channel content which had been done before the > channel is set to parental protected?) >> PH> I believe it is OK to record a parental controlled program as long as the >> parental control rating information is retained in the recording and is used >> during playback. That said, if the recording file is not “secured” to the player >> (and could be copied from the recorder) and played on a player that did not >> honour parental ratings, then it should not be possible (i.e. most TV’s and >> STB’s will not allow an network connected computer to FTP/copy off the >> recording files) > * But if it's not allowed, then we may need to reject the scheduling request > under this situation. But what if the recording is on for the channel while it's > set to parental protected? Looking at the requirements [1], the recording.parental requirement says "The API SHALL be able to apply parental controls to playback of recorded programmes." So, I agree that we don't need to apply parental controls when recordings are being scheduled, but only on playback. Best regards, Chris [1] http://www.w3.org/community/tvapi/wiki/Main_Page/Technical_Requirement
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