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Handle multi-file data formats #60

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apdavison opened this issue Aug 28, 2023 · 1 comment
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Handle multi-file data formats #60

apdavison opened this issue Aug 28, 2023 · 1 comment
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apdavison commented Aug 28, 2023

Many ephys file formats handled by Neo spread their data over multiple files in a single directory, typically with the same filename root but different extensions.

Neo-Viewer cannot currently handle such formats.

There are three scenarios for the Neo IO module:

  1. expects a single filename, and all data are in that file (e.g. PlexonIO, most other IOs)
  2. expects a single filename, data are contained in that file and other files with the same root but different extensions (e.g. BlackRockIO, AsciiSignalIO)
  3. expects a directory name (e.g. PhyIO)

For scenarios 1 and 2, providing a single URL is fine. For scenario 3, a single URL representing a directory may be sufficient (where the names of the files within the directory are fixed).

For scenarios 2 and 3 we should also support providing the URL of a zip or tar archive.

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zip file support added in 698db2a. tar file support still to do.

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