[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] preliminary x264 encoding help text

[Torinthiel]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 02:57:26AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> >Nearly all of my comments assume you're using 2-pass. When comparing
> >options, there are two major reasons for using 2-pass encoding. First,
> >using 2-pass usually gains around 1.5db PSNR, which is a very big
> >difference.
> 
> Here and throughout: the correct abbreviation for "decibel" is "dB", not
> "db". I'm not entirely sure why, but TTBOMK it's true.

Because the unit is Bel, abbreviated B. And 'deci' stands for 'a tenth
of', and is abbreviated (As always) as 'd'. The same thing like meters
and kilometers and decimeters (yes, decimeters do exist, only are not
used often. But litre is a cubic decimeter). Probably any physical
and/or mathematical tables will show that.
Torinthiel

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