diff --git a/src/aac_decode.c b/src/aac_decode.c
index 0610b774a..1c0f867d9 100644
--- a/src/aac_decode.c
+++ b/src/aac_decode.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ int aac_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc) {
 		if(sampleCount>0) {
 			bitRate = frameInfo.bytesconsumed*8.0*
 				frameInfo.channels*sampleRate/
-				frameInfo.samples/1024+0.5;
+				frameInfo.samples/1000+0.5;
 			time+= (float)(frameInfo.samples)/frameInfo.channels/
 				sampleRate;
 		}
diff --git a/src/audiofile_decode.c b/src/audiofile_decode.c
index d34c029ee..7cd193581 100644
--- a/src/audiofile_decode.c
+++ b/src/audiofile_decode.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int audiofile_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc)
 	
 	cb->totalTime = ((float)frame_count/(float)af->sampleRate);
 
-	bitRate = st.st_size*8.0/cb->totalTime/1024.0+0.5;
+	bitRate = st.st_size*8.0/cb->totalTime/1000.0+0.5;
 	
 	if (af->bits != 8 && af->bits != 16) {
 		ERROR("Only 8 and 16-bit files are supported. %s is %i-bit\n",
diff --git a/src/flac_decode.c b/src/flac_decode.c
index afb5bcf74..25857cb6e 100644
--- a/src/flac_decode.c
+++ b/src/flac_decode.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ FLAC__StreamDecoderWriteStatus flacWrite(const FLAC__FileDecoder *dec, const FLA
 	FLAC__file_decoder_get_decode_position(dec,&newPosition);
 	if(data->position) {
 		data->bitRate = ((newPosition-data->position)*8.0/timeChange)
-				/1024+0.5;
+				/1000+0.5;
 	}
 	data->position = newPosition;
 
diff --git a/src/mp3_decode.c b/src/mp3_decode.c
index 618f6f5ef..84192078b 100644
--- a/src/mp3_decode.c
+++ b/src/mp3_decode.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int mp3ChildSendData(mp3DecodeData * data, Buffer * cb, DecoderControl * dc) {
 
 	memcpy(cb->chunks+cb->end*CHUNK_SIZE,data->outputBuffer,CHUNK_SIZE);
 	cb->chunkSize[cb->end] = data->outputPtr-data->outputBuffer;
-	cb->bitRate[cb->end] = data->bitRate/1024;
+	cb->bitRate[cb->end] = data->bitRate/1000;
 	cb->times[cb->end] = data->elapsedTime;
 
 	cb->end++;
diff --git a/src/mp4_decode.c b/src/mp4_decode.c
index 73e99215a..77e98b676 100644
--- a/src/mp4_decode.c
+++ b/src/mp4_decode.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ int mp4_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc) {
 			initial =0;
 			bitRate = frameInfo.bytesconsumed*8.0*
 				frameInfo.channels*scale/
-				frameInfo.samples/1024+0.5;
+				frameInfo.samples/1000+0.5;
 		}
 			
 
diff --git a/src/ogg_decode.c b/src/ogg_decode.c
index e5a9d58d5..ef74637d9 100644
--- a/src/ogg_decode.c
+++ b/src/ogg_decode.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int ogg_decode(Buffer * cb, AudioFormat * af, DecoderControl * dc)
 				chunkpos = 0;
 				cb->times[cb->end] = ov_time_tell(&vf);
 				if((test = ov_bitrate_instant(&vf))>0) {
-					bitRate = test/1024;
+					bitRate = test/1000;
 				}
 				cb->bitRate[cb->end] = bitRate;
 				cb->end++;