[MPlayer-users] Dump of DVD 5,4 GB, why not 4,7 GB?

[Piotr Stachura]

Dnia wtorek, 23 października 2007, Malte Gell napisał:
> Hi,
>
> I dumped a DVD with mplayer -dumpstream. The output exactly has
> 5425139712 Bytes. Shouldn't a DVD only be capable of storing 4,7 GB? It
> is not a dual layer disc. Was the data somehow compressed on the disc?

No, data isn't compressed. Read something about computer definition of 1kB, 
1MB, 1GB and don't ask about some stupid and well documented issues...

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Piotr Stachura