FIF files currently limit channel names to 15 Characters which can restrict its use for some applications, particularly clinical eeg.
There is an MNE-python PR which solves this issue by shortening channel names and storing a renaming map so that during reading the shorten names are expanded to their original channel names.
See mne-tools/mne-python#8312 (comment) and mne-tools/mne-python#8348
We plan for a similar PR for MNE-matlab but before we move much farther we'd like to ensure that these files won't cause any issues with brainstorm or fieldtrip.
So I have 2 questions:
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would the proposed change cause any fundamental problems for fif support within brainstorm?
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would a PR to MNE-matlab be sufficient to support these files in brainstorm or are changes also needed within brainstorm code?
CC @larsoner @ftadel
FIF files currently limit channel names to 15 Characters which can restrict its use for some applications, particularly clinical eeg.
There is an MNE-python PR which solves this issue by shortening channel names and storing a renaming map so that during reading the shorten names are expanded to their original channel names.
See mne-tools/mne-python#8312 (comment) and mne-tools/mne-python#8348
We plan for a similar PR for MNE-matlab but before we move much farther we'd like to ensure that these files won't cause any issues with brainstorm or fieldtrip.
So I have 2 questions:
would the proposed change cause any fundamental problems for fif support within brainstorm?
would a PR to MNE-matlab be sufficient to support these files in brainstorm or are changes also needed within brainstorm code?
CC @larsoner @ftadel