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

[Måns Rullgård]

Fran?ois Revol said:
>> 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...

Anyone can issue a "standard".

> maybe ISO even.

There are very many, very silly ISO standards.

>> > ...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 :)

Here's an idea: switch all of FFmpeg to imperial units.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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