I want to give some scenarios:
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A movie file shows 700 MB in Windows but it shows around 735 MB in Ubuntu, which is in my drive having NTFS partition. Similarly another file shows 446 MB in Windows but 467 MB in Ubuntu.
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Also when I download files from internet they change once downloaded in Ubuntu but do not change in Windows.
- I generally have to upload torrents mentioning the file sizes. Most of the time I use Ubuntu, I use Windows to play games only.
Actually my questions are:
- Which size should I mention while creating torrents?
- Is there any tool or software or formula to calculate the file size in Ubuntu equivalent to file size in Windows?
I have already tried following links but could not find my actual answers:
Best Answer
Windows assumes that there are 1024 Bytes in a Kilobyte unit, and 1024 Kilobytes in a Megabyte unit. While Ubuntu assumes, a 1000 bytes constitute a Kilobyte (KB) unit, 1000 Kilobytes for a Megabyte (MB) and so on.
Windows is using the ‘binary prefix’, and Ubuntu or GNU/Linux, is using it in its ‘proper’ foam.
So to answer your first question, use the size that's based on the fact that a MB is 1024KB. As far as the second question, I'm not aware of such a tool.