Re: mat file opening

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Levente Torok wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 13, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Levente Torok wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
>>> 
>>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> Moving this discussion to the help list.
>>>> 
>>>> On 13 April 2012 09:56, Levente Torok <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> I have a problem in opening a mat file from matlab.
>>>>> https://rapidshare.com/files/3338344935/cora_wd.mat
>>>> 
>>>> Ew, rapidshare. Re-uploaded:
>>>> 
>>>>    http://jordi.platinum.linux.pl/tmp/cora_wd.mat
>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a good way I can debug this case, or can anybody help me what
>>>>> the problem is?
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know much about Matlab formats, but is this an HDF5 file using
>>>> compression?
>>>> 
>>>> - Jordi G. H.
>>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Jordi,
>>> 
>>> Well I don't know how to reverse engineer this format.
>>> hdfview doesn't like it at all.
>>> How did the developers of load function do it before?
>>> 
>>> Someone using windows + total commander might be more successful with
>>> opening it and checking the content have a hint on the format.
>>> I have no clue where to go with it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lev
>> 
>> 
>> The first line indicates the file was supposed to be Matlab -v5. That's an 
>> old format, and is not dependent on HDF5.
>> 
>>        MATLAB 5.0 MAT-file, Platform: PCWIN64, Created on: Fri Feb 11 
>> 20:43:10 2011
>> 
>> My guess, is the file has been corrupted.
>> 
>> Ben
> 

> Thanks Ben,
> I see. If so, then interestingly both cora_ws.mat and nips_wd.mat are
> both corrupt.
> Lev

I haven't tried nips_wd.mat. Did you provide a link?

Ben