[Eeglablist] what is this " The header file points to a binary file that does not exist ..."

[Andreas Widmann]

Did you possibly rename any of the files?

The vhdr and vmrk files are human readable. Open them with a text editor and check the DataFile (and MarkerFile) headers for consistency between the files and with the actual file names in both files.

Hope this helps! Best,
Andreas

> Am 07.03.2025 um 18:03 schrieb Zhaoping Li via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>:
> 
> Dear EEGLab,
> 
> When I run in matlab (on a Linux machine) this pop_loadbv() function,  with a command
> 
> EEG = pop_loadbv(filepath, filename);   %--- after I have defined filepath and filename
> 
> 
> I got this message:
> 
> pop_loadbv(): reading EEG data
> The header file points to a binary file that does not exist
> trying to open a binary file with the same name as the header
> file and a different extension...
> pop_loadbv(): scaling EEG data
> pop_loadbv(): reading marker file
> Done.
> pop_loadbv() warning: data files in header and marker files inconsistent.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I do not understand what is going on, assuming all is alright, I proceed to get
> eeg_times = EEG.times;
> eeg_data = EEG.data;
> eeg_chanlocs = EEG.chanlocs;
> eeg_event = EEG.event;
> 
> 
> However, I am not sure whether I am doing the right thing. Could somebody explain this to me?
> 
> thank you very much!
> 
> Li Zhaoping
> 
> -- 
> Li Zhaoping Ph.D.
> Prof. of Cognitive Science, University of Tuebingen
> Head of Dept of Sensory and Sensorimotor Systems,
> Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics
> Author of "Understanding vision: theory, models, and data", Oxford University Press, 2014
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> Li Zhaoping Ph.D.
> Prof. of Cognitive Science, University of Tuebingen
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> Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics
> Author of "Understanding vision: theory, models, and data", Oxford University Press, 2014
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