"""
LSL Example: Play audio and send a trigger marker
<p>This script creates an LSL marker stream, waits for the user to<br>press ENTER, then plays an audio file and sends a marker that<br>can be synchronized with EEG data collected through LabRecorder.<br>"""</p>
<p>import sounddevice as sd<br>import soundfile as sf<br>from pylsl import StreamInfo, StreamOutlet</p>
<p>def wait_for_keypress():<br>print("Press ENTER to start audio playback and send an LSL marker.")<br>while True:<br>if input() == "":<br>break</p>
<p>def play_audio_and_send_marker(audio_file, outlet):<br>data, fs = sf.read(audio_file)</p>
<pre><code>print("Playing audio and sending LSL marker...")

marker_val = [1]
outlet.push_sample(marker_val)

sd.play(data, fs)
sd.wait()

print("Audio playback finished.")
</code></pre>
<p>if <strong>name</strong> == "<strong>main</strong>":</p>
<pre><code>info = StreamInfo(
    name="AudioMarkers",
    type="Markers",
    channel_count=1,
    nominal_srate=0,
    channel_format="int32",
    source_id="uniqueMarkerID12345"
)

outlet = StreamOutlet(info)

while True:
    wait_for_keypress()

    audio_filepath = "/path/to/audio.wav"

    play_audio_and_send_marker(
        audio_filepath,
        outlet
    )</code></pre><h2 dir="auto">2.4 STEP 5 - Use LabRecorder to view and save all LSL streams</h2><ol dir="auto"><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Open LabRecorder</p></li><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Press <code>Update</code>. The available LSL streams should be visible in the stream list<br>• You should be able to see streams from both EmotivPROs (usually called “Emotiv-<br>DataStream”) and the marker stream (called “AudioMarkers”)</p></li><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Click <code>Browse</code> to select a location to store data (and set other parameters)</p></li><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Select all streams and press <code>Record</code> to start recording</p></li></ol><h2 dir="auto">3.0 Working with the data</h2><p dir="auto">LabRecorder outputs an XDF file (Extensible Data Format) that contains data from all the streams. XDF files are structured into, streams, each with a different header that describes what it contains (device name, data type, sampling rate, channels, and more). You can use the below codeblock to open your XDF file and display some basic information.</p><p dir="auto"><strong>Note: Replace </strong><code><strong>/path/to/your/file.xdf</strong></code><strong> with the filepath for your LabRecorder XDF output file.</strong></p><pre data-language="JSX"><code>import pyxdf
</code></pre>
<p>import mne<br>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt<br>import numpy as np</p>
<h1>Give the path to your LSL output file here.</h1>
<p>data_path = "/path/to/your/file.xdf"</p>
<h1>Load the XDF file.</h1>
<p>streams, fileheader = pyxdf.load_xdf(data_path)</p>
<p>print("XDF File Header:", fileheader)<br>print("Number of streams found:", len(streams))</p>
<p>for i, stream in enumerate(streams):<br>print("\nStream", i + 1)<br>print("Stream Name:", stream["info"]["name"][0])<br>print("Stream Type:", stream["info"]["type"][0])<br>print("Number of Channels:", stream["info"]["channel_count"][0])</p>
<pre><code>sfreq = float(stream["info"]["nominal_srate"][0])
print("Sampling Rate:", sfreq)

print("Number of Samples:", len(stream["time_series"]))
print("First 5 data points:", stream["time_series"][:5])

channel_names = [
    chan["label"][0]
    for chan in stream["info"]["desc"][0]["channels"][0]["channel"]
]

print("Channel Names:", channel_names)

channel_types = "eeg"</code></pre><h3 dir="auto"><br></h3><h2 dir="auto">4.0 Additional Resources</h2><h4 dir="auto">Official Documentation</h4><ol dir="auto"><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Check out the <a href="1. Check out the online documentation, including the official README file on GitHub 2. Additional resources: • Code to run LSL using Emotiv’s devices, with example scripts • Useful LSL demo on YouTube • SCCN LSL GitHub repository for all associated libraries • LSL GitHub repository for a collection a submodules and apps 3. HyPyP analysis pipeline for Hyperscanning studies" target="_blank">online documentation</a>, including the <a href="https://github.com/sccn/labstreaminglayer/" target="_blank">official README file on GitHub</a></p></li><li data-preset-tag="p"><p>Additional resources:<br>• <a href="https://github.com/Emotiv/labstreaminglayer" target="_blank">Code</a> to run LSL using Emotiv’s devices, with example scripts<br>• Useful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1at7yrcFW0&amp;list=PLVnr33MP5RMRhGwY36zHHDOmAaYTB138D" target="_blank">LSL demo on YouTube</a><br>• <a href="https://github.com/sccn/labstreaminglayer" target="_blank">SCCN LSL GitHub repository</a> for all associated libraries<br>• <a href="https://github.com/labstreaminglayer" target="_blank">LSL GitHub repository</a> for a collection a submodules and apps</p></li><li data-preset-tag="p"><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/16/1-2/72/5919711?login=false" target="_blank">HyPyP analysis pipeline</a> for Hyperscanning studies</p></li></ol>
</code></pre