[ATrpms-users] Mythweb with flash player

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Axel Thimm wrote at about 11:53:33 +0200 on Tuesday, January 1, 2008:
 > On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 03:17:35AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
 > > Has anyone played with the latest version of MythWeb that apparently
 > > allows one to stream videos using a flash player (if I am
 > > understanding the description correctly).
 > > 
 > > If so, it sounds like a really cool and much needed feature that would
 > > allow me to easily see streaming recorded shows (and hopefully) live
 > > tv on my windows laptop from anywhere in my home (and maybe even on
 > > the road).
 > > 
 > > If it is working well, any idea when we might expect to see it in
 > > atrpms? (if not already in bleeding-edge)
 > 
 > Just as you write, its in "bleeding"

Has anybody had any experience using the flash player?
i.e. does it work smoothly and is it worth upgrading for?

 > 
 > > Also, I keep wondering whether there is a middle road between the
 > > stable mythtv rpms which haven't changed much in a while and the dire
 > > warnings associated with the bleeding edge version. It would be nice
 > > to have something that is still (mostly) stable so that I don't run a
 > > big risk of missing shows or corrupting my database while still having
 > > access to at least some of the new functionality in development. Maybe
 > > such a compromise though is unrealistic...
 > 
 > Turns out that the bleeding packages are far more stable than their
 > name implies. Having said that the purpose of the bleeding packages
 > (and mythtv trunk) is to gather testers and not to create production
 > environments. Still many (power) users feel confident enough to run
 > them in production mode.
 > 
 > One does need to be more caraful though when upgrading
 > bleeding->bleeding. I would upgrade only when I think something
 > important has changed and I would upgrade in a way that I can go back
 > again (backup the database, upgrade, test all standard steps you, your
 > wife, kids, mom & dad operate, so you're covered :).
 > -- 

So, if I backup the database, can I reverse the upgrade with a simple:
 mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg < backup.dump

Or has the structure of the database changed between versions
requiring a more careful parsing of the original dump backup...

Also, is there anyplace (or anybody) that summarizes what the key
differences are between the stable and the bleeding branch so that I
can determine if the upgrade is worth the risk and effort?

Thanks