[MPlayer-dev-eng] "bytes per second" in user output: use "B/s", not "bps"

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 8/18/05, a.guru at sympatico.ca <a.guru at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> In MPlayer, the acronym "bps" is used in
> different places to mean four things:
> 
>  - bits per second
>  - bytes per second
>  - bits per sample
>  - bytes per sample
> 
> Traditionally, in general usage, "bps" means
> "bits per second" and "B" is used for "byte(s)".
> 
> It would certainly be dubious to want to fix
> this ambiguity in the whole code (variables
> and strings), but I would propose making the
> following change restricted to output to the user
> (who in general is not an MPlayer code hacker):
> 
>  - use "B/s" instead of "bps" to mean
>    "bytes per second" in output strings.
> 
> Both are three-character long, so the affected
> strings do not change in length.
> 
> The affected files are:
> 
>  - 1 string:   mplayer.c
>  - 3 strings:  help/help_mp-*.h
> 
> Also, help/help_mp-sv.h misused "bps" instead of
> "fps" in one place.

At least that last one is probably necessary. As far as the rest is
concerned, I don't know: "bps" is common enough to be understood, when
B/s probably is more correct, but is less readable, at least for me.
Just like when I read "RPM = rotations per minute", FPS, BPS, all of
those are common, an widely used.

Guillaume
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