[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes

François Revol revol
Thu Feb 15 14:48:18 CET 2007


> They ARE both right.  That is the historical use of kilo when talking
> about bytes and bitstreams.  When specifying the size of RAM chips,
> kilo of course means 1024.  It's all in the context.
> 
> >> Wikipedia recommends 'k' for 1000, and 'Ki' for 1024
> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte)
> 
> Wikipedia is hardly an authority in any matter whatsoever.

No but this has been made standard by some selfprocaimed ppl... 
maybe ISO even.

> 
> > ...and "Ki" represents "kibi", which like the rest of its ilk is an 
> > ugly
> > abomination, not to be used on pain of ME HATES YOU FOREVER.
> 
> I agree, and I will personally revert any commits introducing this
> madness into ffmpeg.

I agree as well.
I will never use those keeebeee craps. Not until US switched to the 
metric system at least :)

Fran?ois.





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