v0.5.0 (July 17, 2024)

Deprecations

• The usage of compression_options directly through the neuroconv.tools.audio submodule is now deprecated - users should refer to the new configure_backend method for a general approach for setting compression. PR #939
• The usage of compression and compression_opts directly through the FicTracDataInterface is now deprecated - users should refer to the new configure_backend method for a general approach for setting compression. PR #941
• The usage of compression directly through the neuroconv.tools.neo submodule is now deprecated - users should refer to the new configure_backend method for a general approach for setting compression. PR #943
• The usage of compression_options directly through the neuroconv.tools.ophys submodule is now deprecated - users should refer to the new configure_backend method for a general approach for setting compression. PR #940
• Removed the option of running interface.run_conversion without nwbfile_path argument . PR #951

Features

• Added docker image and tests for an automated Rclone configuration (with file stream passed via an environment variable). PR #902

Bug fixes

• Fixed the conversion option schema of a SpikeGLXConverter when used inside another NWBConverter. PR #922
• Fixed a case of the NeuroScopeSortingExtractor when the optional xml_file_path is not specified. PR #926
• Fixed Can't specify experiment type when converting .abf to .nwb with Neuroconv. PR #609
• Remove assumption that the ports of the Intan acquisition system correspond to electrode groupings in IntanRecordingInterface PR #933
• Add ValueError for empty metadata in make_or_load_nwbfile when an nwbfile needs to be created PR #948

Improvements

• Make annotations from the raw format available on IntanRecordingInterface. PR #934
• Add an option to suppress display the progress bar (tqdm) in VideoContext PR #937
• Automatic compression of data in the LightnignPoseDataInterface has been disabled - users should refer to the new configure_backend method for a general approach for setting compression. PR #942
• Port over dlc2nwb utility functions for ease of maintenance. PR #946