[Hdf-forum] PyTables cannot find the HDF5 shared library

2013-04-11 Thread Bibudh Lahiri
Hi, I am trying to install PyTables 2.4.0. I have OS X 10.7.5 and Python 2.7. I have installed the following Python libraries: numexpr-1.4.2, Cython-0.18 and numpy 1.5.1. For HDF5, I initially downloaded hdf5-1.8.7 from the following location: http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8.

Re: [Hdf-forum] PyTables cannot find the HDF5 shared library

2013-04-11 Thread Gerd Heber
Bibudh, you've downloaded the static rather than the dynamic build. You probably want http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8.7/bin/mac-intel/hdf5-1.8. 7-mac-intel-shared.tar.gz or http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8.7/bin/mac-intel-x86_64/hd f5-1.8.7-mac-intel-x86_

Re: [Hdf-forum] c# read different datatypes

2013-04-11 Thread Insane
If you watch the file in Hdfview has different length *32* and *1024*. Can it influence the results? -- View this message in context: http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/c-read-different-datatypes-tp4026057p4026081.html Sent from the hdf-forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: [Hdf-forum] h5gen or any h5dump-generated-XML to HDF5

2013-04-11 Thread mdehsadn
Could I ask if there has been progress on HDF5/XML? I am part of a initiative developing data format standards for biochemical data. We already have an established XML based standard, where data arrays are stored as Base-64 encoded binary. These files are averaging about 2Gb or more each now. We w

Re: [Hdf-forum] h5gen or any h5dump-generated-XML to HDF5

2013-04-11 Thread Peter Cao
Hi Andy, Our HDF5/XML development is in halt because there is little demand for it. Could you give us more details on what exact you need for HDF5/XML? Assume what you have now: 1) XML files based on your XML standard or schema 2) Raw data in binary Assume below is what you need 1) convert XM

Re: [Hdf-forum] h5gen or any h5dump-generated-XML to HDF5

2013-04-11 Thread H. Joe Lee
Here's one hack you guys can try without asking a new tool. Create NcML file (a variant of XML) and use NetCDF-Java to generate an NetCDF-3 file [1]. Then convert the NetCDF-3 to NetCDF-4 using NCO [2]. The converted NetCDF-4 file is HDF5 file. You got the HDF5 from XML (NcML). Q.E.D. [1] http