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xff_-_mat_format [2010/06/29 19:28] (current)
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 +====== MAT (Matlab MAT file with data field) ======
  
 +===== Motivation =====
 +The file formats that support reading channel recordings ([[xff - ACQ format|ACQ]] and [[xff - NTT format|NTT]]) cannot be saved back to disk. It was a choice of convenience to create a (more or less) compatible format that can be easily saved (and also is available later without the toolbox).
 +
 +===== General setup =====
 +Whereas most binary formats come with a specific field-by-field description,​ MAT files are simply loaded and stored in a [[xff]] object, with the main addition that for files not prior created with the toolbox, the largest numeric variable will be assigned to the ''​.Data''​ field and all other variables are stored in the ''​.Info''​ sub-struct.
 +
 +===== Example =====
 +If a MAT file on disk has the following variables:
 +  * ''​channels: ​    ​1531891x6 double''​
 +  * ''​channelnames:​ 1x6 cell''​
 +  * ''​channelinfo: ​ 1x6 struct''​
 +
 +Reading this file as an xff object will make the data available as:
 +  * ''​.Data''​ - this will be the ''​channels''​ variable
 +  * ''​.Info''​ - this will be a 1x1 struct with fields ''​.channelnames''​ and ''​.channelinfo'';​ additionally there will be a ''​.DataFieldName''​ field in the ''​.Info''​ property giving the variable name in the MAT-file which ''​.Data''​ represents
 +
 +Upon saving this object, the ''​.Data''​ property will, again, be stored in a variable with the name of ''​.DataFieldName''​ (and the ''​.DataFieldName''​ will be added to the MAT file so as not having to re-detect the data field).
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