[MEncoder-users] Using SI units in mencoder

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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:00:48 +0100
Tetsuo Yokozuka <yokozuka at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just ripped a DVD by specifying the target size for
> the video stream, in kB (kilobytes), following the man page, only to
> find out that mencoder does NOT use kilobytes, but kibibytes instead.

No, mencoder uses kilobytes.  Just because hard drive manufacturers have
a long-running scam to rip-off customers by redefining terms, doesn't
change their meaning.  Just because a US government agency was
presumably bribed by the industry to legitimize the scam, doesn't mean
we should go along with it.

> It is too confusing for not using the appropriate units and notations.

You are absolutely right.  You should be complaining to hard drive
manufacturers, though, not here.

I hear some ice-cream manufacturers are selling "half-gallons" of
their products, which are less than half a gallon...  Should we
re-define terms every time they get miss-used in order to scam people?