Fineuploader Progress Bar FileSize calculation

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com//questions/25062700

  •  22-12-2019
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Question

Quick query:

I've noticed that on the default progress bar, the filesize calculation for the file seems to be calculated as bytes / 1000 / 1000, rather than / 1024 / 1024.

Is this intentional, or a bug? Or possibly a setting I've missed?

For example, a 347mb file as reported by Windows shows in the progress bar as it's uploading as 364mb.

Was it helpful?

Solution

The IEEE is pretty clear that 1 MB = 1000000 bytes. While some OSes don't follow this definition, such as Windows, others do, such as OS X. Here is one such reference: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html. It is clear that there are those in both camps (powers of 2 and powers of 10) that are willing to argue their side. That said, I'm for not changing the code as it follows a standard/codified definition.

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