Parental Control with Jellyfin and Radarr/Sonarr

The goal is to create a user in Jellyfin that can only see media files that have a given tag, say “kids”, and that tag was set inside Radarr, Sonarr or another *arr application.

*arr Configuration

1. Within Settings > Metadata > Kodi, check “Enable” and “Movie Metadata”.

2. Then, when adding or editing a movie, add a tag to mark media that children can watch, like “enfants”.

   

This will create a .nfo file that includes the tag:

<movie>
  ...
  <tag>enfants</tag>
  ...
</movie>

If you add this tag to an existing movie that is already synced with Jellyfin, click the “Refresh & Scan” button.

Jellyfin Configuration

In Jellyfin, under Administration > Dashboard > Users, create a user and in “Parental Control” tab, only allow items with the tag chosen above:

The tag seems to be case-insensitive.

That’s it!