Converting from the Open Ephys format to Binary/.dat?

Ryan Loh

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May 9, 2018, 3:41:23 PM5/9/18

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Hi all,

I am trying to find a script to convert my recorded continuous data (currently as .continuous), into binary (.dat) format that can be used with JRClust. Does anyone have experience doing this?

Thanks

Ryan

Balaji

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May 9, 2018, 4:28:37 PM5/9/18

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Look here: https://github.com/open-ephys/analysis-tools/blob/master/Python3/OpenEphys.py

The package contain a function pack()/pack_2() {The functions are effectively identical, though I tend to use pack_2 for speed).

I'd suggest running that script in a klusta environment to ensure that all dependencies are met for the python. See https://github.com/kwikteam/klusta/#quick-install-guide for instructions.

-b

Ryan Loh

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May 9, 2018, 4:31:58 PM5/9/18

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I'll give that a shot, Thanks Balaji!

Chris Rodgers

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May 10, 2018, 2:56:56 PM5/10/18

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Please also see here:

https://github.com/open-ephys/analysis-tools/blob/master/OpenEphys.py#L452

It contains all the performance improvements of pack_2. Also, I updated it to be a bit more full featured: you can specify which recording number you want within the folder, and also which record you start and stop on.

It is Python 2 only, unfortunately. Should be easy to port to Python 3 but I have not done this.

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