Audio data conversion#

Install NeuroConv with the additional dependencies necessary for reading audio data.

pip install "neuroconv[audio]"

This interface can handle conversions from WAV format to NWB using the AudioInterface class.

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>>
>>> from neuroconv.datainterfaces.behavior.audio.audiointerface import AudioInterface
>>>
>>> audio_file_path = BEHAVIOR_DATA_PATH / "audio" / "natural_audio_recording.wav"
>>> interface = AudioInterface(file_paths=[audio_file_path], verbose=False)
>>>
>>> metadata = interface.get_metadata()
>>> # For data provenance we add the time zone information to the conversion
>>> session_start_time = datetime(2020, 1, 1, 12, 30, 0, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("US/Pacific"))
>>> metadata["NWBFile"].update(session_start_time=session_start_time)
>>>
>>> # Choose a path for saving the nwb file and run the conversion
>>> interface.run_conversion(nwbfile_path=path_to_save_nwbfile, metadata=metadata)