[mythtv-users] upgrade to 0.25 or fresh install?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/18/2012 01:49 AM, GZ wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've got a mythtv box running 0.21 at the moment and am planning my
> upgrade to 0.25.  Given some of the difficulty involved upgrading the
> database, I was considering if it would just be better to export my
> recordings using mythlink/mythrename and putting them on the updated
> system as videos and let the metadata grabber take care of the
> additional data.  The only problem with this is that it doesn't seem
> like mythvideo can use the original airdate as the key for importing
> the videos.  Any tips or suggestions?  Or am I just better off
> upgrading my machine to 0.22 and then jumping to 0.25?
>

Upgrading to 0.24-fixes (if possible--has some updates for DB upgrade, 
but that are only really required for really new MySQL 5.5 ans such) or 
0.22-fixes would allow you to also keep all of your recording history 
and such.  I'd recommend that approach.

Mike