mne.io.read_raw_fif#

mne.io.read_raw_fif(fname, allow_maxshield=False, preload=False, on_split_missing='raise', verbose=None)[source]#

Reader function for Raw FIF data.

Parameters:

fnamepath-like | file-like: The raw filename to load. For files that have automatically been split, the split part will be automatically loaded. Filenames should end with raw.fif, raw.fif.gz, raw_sss.fif, raw_sss.fif.gz, raw_tsss.fif, raw_tsss.fif.gz, or _meg.fif. If a file-like object is provided, preloading must be used.

Changed in version 0.18: Support for file-like objects.
allow_maxshieldbool | str (default False): If True, allow loading of data that has been recorded with internal active compensation (MaxShield). Data recorded with MaxShield should generally not be loaded directly, but should first be processed using SSS/tSSS to remove the compensation signals that may also affect brain activity. Can also be “yes” to load without eliciting a warning.
preloadbool or str (default False): Preload data into memory for data manipulation and faster indexing. If True, the data will be preloaded into memory (fast, requires large amount of memory). If preload is a string, preload is the file name of a memory-mapped file which is used to store the data on the hard drive (slower, requires less memory).
on_split_missingstr: Can be 'raise' (default) to raise an error, 'warn' to emit a warning, or 'ignore' to ignore when split file is missing.

New in v0.22.
verbosebool | str | int | None: Control verbosity of the logging output. If None, use the default verbosity level. See the logging documentation and mne.verbose() for details. Should only be passed as a keyword argument.

Returns:

rawinstance of Raw: A Raw object containing FIF data.

Notes

New in v0.9.0.

When reading a FIF file, note that the first N seconds annotated BAD_ACQ_SKIP are skipped. They are removed from raw.times and raw.n_times parameters but raw.first_samp and raw.first_time are updated accordingly.