[MEncoder-users] Using SI units in mencoder

[Tetsuo Yokozuka]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:44:14 -0800, RC <rcooley at spamcop.net> wrote:

> Quite the opposite.  The SI prefixes are being completely ignored by the
> whole world...  This is consistent with MPlayer.  Saying mplayer is
> wrong in using KB is implying most everyone in the world making computer
> software is also wrong.

mplayer and mencoder are using kb, kB, KB, MB and mb, and their
meaning are not always documented. That's my main issue.

> I haven't used it in years, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft Windows still
> uses GBs/MBs/KBs just like it always has.  No doubt OSX is the same.
> Certainly every Unix utility uses the same system.  If MPlayer devs are
> wrong for using the terms just as everyone else uses the terms, yes, you
> are saying the rest of the world is wrong, except you... (and NIST)

As I already said, many coreutils have a switch for using either
system. Try 'ls -l --si' or 'df --si' for instance. That would be a
nice feature for mplayer / mencoder, and would make everyone happy.