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kb/s -> kbit/s

Open Devocub opened this issue 3 years ago • 2 comments

bitrate reported in mediainfo is written like 45 kb/s which is actually 45 kbit/s. This is decieving and uncertain, I suggest you to change it to "kbit/s"

Devocub avatar Jul 23 '22 12:07 Devocub

Reference: "The bit rate is expressed in the unit bit per second (symbol: bit/s), often in conjunction with an SI prefix such as kilo (1 kbit/s = 1,000 bit/s), mega (1 Mbit/s = 1,000 kbit/s), giga (1 Gbit/s = 1,000 Mbit/s) or tera (1 Tbit/s = 1,000 Gbit/s).[2] The non-standard abbreviation bps is often used to replace the standard symbol bit/s, so that, for example, 1 Mbps is used to mean one million bits per second."

So right, "kbit/s" (standard?), or "kbps" (not standard?), should be preferred.

JeromeMartinez avatar Jul 23 '22 12:07 JeromeMartinez

If we look at another page:

Kilobit per second (symbol kbit/s or kb/s, often abbreviated "kbps") is a unit of data transfer rate equal to:

  • 1,000 bits per second
  • 125 bytes per second

cjee21 avatar Mar 07 '23 09:03 cjee21