摘要 |
The invention relates to a content item recorder such as a DVD recorder. The recorder comprises a user input (111) for receiving protection information from an end user. A section processor (113) divides the content item into sections in response to the protection information, and an access characteristic processor (115) determines an access characteristic for each section. The content item and access information is stored on a recordable medium (119) by a recording processor (117). For example, a restricted access playlist comprising all sections is stored together with an unrestricted access playlist not comprising protected sections. At playback, an access permission level is determined by an access level processor (125) from an access user input (123). A presentation signal is generated by a presentation processor (127) in accordance with the access permission level. If an unlimited access permission level is set, the restricted access playlist is used, and otherwise the unrestricted access playlist is used. Accordingly, flexible parental control is provided.
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