Merge pull request #3120 from JoeZiminski/fix_save_to_memory_t_start

Fix `t_starts` not propagated to `save_to_memory`.

src/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py

@@ -498,24 +498,35 @@ def time_to_sample_index(self, time_s, segment_index=None):
         rs = self._recording_segments[segment_index]
         return rs.time_to_sample_index(time_s)
 
-    def _save(self, format="binary", verbose: bool = False, **save_kwargs):
+    def _get_t_starts(self):
         # handle t_starts
         t_starts = []
         has_time_vectors = []
-        for segment_index, rs in enumerate(self._recording_segments):
+        for rs in self._recording_segments:
             d = rs.get_times_kwargs()
             t_starts.append(d["t_start"])
-            has_time_vectors.append(d["time_vector"] is not None)
 
         if all(t_start is None for t_start in t_starts):
             t_starts = None
+        return t_starts
 
+    def _get_time_vectors(self):
+        time_vectors = []
+        for rs in self._recording_segments:
+            d = rs.get_times_kwargs()
+            time_vectors.append(d["time_vector"])
+        if all(time_vector is None for time_vector in time_vectors):
+            time_vectors = None
+        return time_vectors
+
+    def _save(self, format="binary", verbose: bool = False, **save_kwargs):
         kwargs, job_kwargs = split_job_kwargs(save_kwargs)
 
         if format == "binary":
             folder = kwargs["folder"]
             file_paths = [folder / f"traces_cached_seg{i}.raw" for i in range(self.get_num_segments())]
             dtype = kwargs.get("dtype", None) or self.get_dtype()
+            t_starts = self._get_t_starts()
 
             write_binary_recording(self, file_paths=file_paths, dtype=dtype, verbose=verbose, **job_kwargs)
 
@@ -572,11 +583,11 @@ def _save(self, format="binary", verbose: bool = False, **save_kwargs):
             probegroup = self.get_probegroup()
             cached.set_probegroup(probegroup)
 
-        for segment_index, rs in enumerate(self._recording_segments):
-            d = rs.get_times_kwargs()
-            time_vector = d["time_vector"]
-            if time_vector is not None:
-                cached._recording_segments[segment_index].time_vector = time_vector
+        time_vectors = self._get_time_vectors()
+        if time_vectors is not None:
+            for segment_index, time_vector in enumerate(time_vectors):
+                if time_vector is not None:
+                    cached.set_times(time_vector, segment_index=segment_index)
 
         return cached
 

src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py

@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ def __init__(self, traces_list, sampling_frequency, t_starts=None, channel_ids=N
     @staticmethod
     def from_recording(source_recording, **job_kwargs):
         traces_list, shms = write_memory_recording(source_recording, dtype=None, **job_kwargs)
+
+        t_starts = source_recording._get_t_starts()
+
         if shms[0] is not None:
             # if the computation was done in parallel then traces_list is shared array
             # this can lead to problem
@@ -91,13 +94,14 @@ def from_recording(source_recording, **job_kwargs):
             for shm in shms:
                 shm.close()
                 shm.unlink()
-        # TODO later : propagte t_starts ?
+
         recording = NumpyRecording(
             traces_list,
             source_recording.get_sampling_frequency(),
-            t_starts=None,
+            t_starts=t_starts,
             channel_ids=source_recording.channel_ids,
         )
+        return recording
 
 
 class NumpyRecordingSegment(BaseRecordingSegment):
@@ -206,15 +210,15 @@ def __del__(self):
     def from_recording(source_recording, **job_kwargs):
         traces_list, shms = write_memory_recording(source_recording, buffer_type="sharedmem", **job_kwargs)
 
-        # TODO later : propagte t_starts ?
+        t_starts = source_recording._get_t_starts()
 
         recording = SharedMemoryRecording(
             shm_names=[shm.name for shm in shms],
             shape_list=[traces.shape for traces in traces_list],
             dtype=source_recording.dtype,
             sampling_frequency=source_recording.sampling_frequency,
             channel_ids=source_recording.channel_ids,
-            t_starts=None,
+            t_starts=t_starts,
             main_shm_owner=True,
         )