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Report download speeds in more digestible format #3874
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Hello! I disagree. Most download tools (like wget or torrent clients) display the download speed as MB/s or KBps (MiB/s or KiB/s), not Mbps or Kbps. |
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As I understand it MB (megabytes) and MiB (mebibytes) are different things. |
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Currently, the download speed is displayed as kibibytes/second, mebibytes/second, etc.
Most speed test tools report speeds in Mbps or Kbps. Examples:
This makes it counter-intuitive to compare the youtube-dl speeds with those reported by a speed test, as there are 8.38861 megabits in a mebibyte.
Perhaps the default could be switched, or an option could be provided for formatting the reported speed.