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Author:  Big boy stan [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Should I stay or should I go
I currently have a nice system up and running and in use by wife and 3 kids. The current setup is a combination FE/BE and a sepearte FE running R5A30.2. We use it 90% for watching recordings (including programs that are currently being recorded), 5% music, and maybe 5% for live TV.

Having read the change log, myth 19 seems to be mostly changes to Live TV with some fixes for some other small problems.

I am looking for opinions of those that have 19 up and running. Is the upgrade to 19 "worth it". The tinkerer in me wants to move ahead but I dread the wrath of the family for troubles so I am trying to balance the risk/rewards.

What do you think?
Author:  Liv2Cod [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:55 pm ]
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There will always be something later and greater. I'd say stick with what you have working right now. If "issues" develop, you can update at that time. Just my $0.02.
Author:  spalVl [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:05 pm ]
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I just took the plunge to R5B7 and some very nice improvements.

What I ended up doing was buying a removable drive cage ($10) and a cheap 80GB drive ($10 after rebates) then did a fresh install. This allowed me to keep my R5A30.2 install intact if anything went south. You though sound further compliated by the frontend only install. Can a .19 frontend connect to a .18.1 backend? If so frontend may be a good 1st victim.
Author:  Greg Frost [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:28 pm ]
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spalVl wrote:
Can a .19 frontend connect to a .18.1 backend? If so frontend may be a good 1st victim.
I seriously doubt this.
Author:  ceenvee703 [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:43 pm ]
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Greg Frost wrote:
spalVl wrote:
Can a .19 frontend connect to a .18.1 backend? If so frontend may be a good 1st victim.
I seriously doubt this.


I can confirm that a 0.19 frontend can NOT connect to an 0.18.1 backend. Or at least I can confirm that an R5B7 install of 0.19 couldn't connect to my R5A16 version of 0.18.1.
Author:  tjc [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:25 pm ]
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MythTV 0.19 has got some very nice improvements including fixes or enhancements for a number of issues that used to drive me nuts. For example, no more getting bumped by a scheduled recording and missing the last 10 minutes of something because you were behind real time.

As for upgrade I've gotten fairly adventurous lately. Given a good back up and having scripted all of my tweaks, I consider an hour to be plenty of time to both try a new version and revert to the previous version if it doesn't fly right away. Not to mention that the install and setup scripts have gotten much slicker.

There is a hints posting for the R5B7 upgrade that should help you figure out what prep work you need to do, and make this painless as a result.
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