2009-12-29, 04:06
Hi,
I have my libraries properly setup on the master account and it's working fine, however, I would like to have more control over each library for each user that uses my HTPC and more importantly, allow each one of them to have their own "mark as watched" on their videos.
I have tried changing many options but I'm still not able to configure exactly what I want.
Basically, there's 3 users on my HTPC:
1) Me, the one who configures the whole thing, updates to latest versions, downloads movies, etc... Saying this, I believe I should make the master account as my own (maybe rename it with my name). I need full control, of course and nothing should be locked for me (only access to my profile maybe should be locked). The video library is common to the other 2 users, the music library is not and the pictures library (which doesn't have a library per se) has 3 folders and only one of them should be common to the other 2 users. The video library is common to all users and media info should be common too (thumbnails, movie info, posters, etc...) but the "mark as watched" setting should be independent, I must have my own mark.
2) The other user is my father. He only uses the HTPC to watch movies and TV Shows, that's it. He doesn't download anything nor configures anything, I do it for me. He doesn't listen to music and occasionally may show some pictures to some family members. This means that I want to hide the music and settings menu options for this user (they have no need for them) but all other settings should be the same as my own, if possible keep them in sync. I mean, I change a setting in my profile and it changes on my father's account too. Is this possible, while maintaining a custom home screen for each profile? As said for my own profile, my father's profile should have it's own "mark as watched" setting for each movie/tv show but all other media info should be common.
3) The last user is not exactly a user but everyone else, for instance my sister that sometimes uses the HTPC (but rarely) or even myself or my father but to show some pictures or watch some video with some family members where we don't want to use our own profile (maybe we are just setting up a movie to play and not watching ourselves). This profile is basically like my father's profile. The only difference here is that I don't want the "mark as watched" to conflict with my father's or my own "marks".
That's basically it, is this achievable? And how? I'm finding the profiles settings confusing to achieve this or something close to this, can anyone help me out?
I have my libraries properly setup on the master account and it's working fine, however, I would like to have more control over each library for each user that uses my HTPC and more importantly, allow each one of them to have their own "mark as watched" on their videos.
I have tried changing many options but I'm still not able to configure exactly what I want.
Basically, there's 3 users on my HTPC:
1) Me, the one who configures the whole thing, updates to latest versions, downloads movies, etc... Saying this, I believe I should make the master account as my own (maybe rename it with my name). I need full control, of course and nothing should be locked for me (only access to my profile maybe should be locked). The video library is common to the other 2 users, the music library is not and the pictures library (which doesn't have a library per se) has 3 folders and only one of them should be common to the other 2 users. The video library is common to all users and media info should be common too (thumbnails, movie info, posters, etc...) but the "mark as watched" setting should be independent, I must have my own mark.
2) The other user is my father. He only uses the HTPC to watch movies and TV Shows, that's it. He doesn't download anything nor configures anything, I do it for me. He doesn't listen to music and occasionally may show some pictures to some family members. This means that I want to hide the music and settings menu options for this user (they have no need for them) but all other settings should be the same as my own, if possible keep them in sync. I mean, I change a setting in my profile and it changes on my father's account too. Is this possible, while maintaining a custom home screen for each profile? As said for my own profile, my father's profile should have it's own "mark as watched" setting for each movie/tv show but all other media info should be common.
3) The last user is not exactly a user but everyone else, for instance my sister that sometimes uses the HTPC (but rarely) or even myself or my father but to show some pictures or watch some video with some family members where we don't want to use our own profile (maybe we are just setting up a movie to play and not watching ourselves). This profile is basically like my father's profile. The only difference here is that I don't want the "mark as watched" to conflict with my father's or my own "marks".
That's basically it, is this achievable? And how? I'm finding the profiles settings confusing to achieve this or something close to this, can anyone help me out?