[plug] Prefered Music Format

[Brad Campbell]

Alex Nordstrom wrote:
> On Thursday, 2 Dec 2004 17:50, Brad Campbell wrote:
> 
>>I said nothing at all about the sample rate. 160kbps means 20480
>>bytes per second.
> 
> 
> Actually, it means 20,000 bytes per second, assuming 8-bit bytes. k is 
> an SI prefix, not a binary prefix, and though there is some confusion 
> between the two in some contexts, in the context of bit rates, like 
> clock rates (and consequently bus transfer rates), SI prefixes are 
> always used.
> 
> Apart from that, you're entirely correct as far as I can tell.
> 

I knew I should have just used handwaving and vague references rather than putting figures down :p)

Ta for the correction.

-- 
Brad
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