MDF/MF4 file formats

[SonnyOvens]

Do you think there will ever be support for directly opening MDF or MF4 files without first converting to a text based format? These are the files produced by the CANedge devices made by CSS Electronics (and others).

[collin80]

Maybe. I'm looking into it. I already support loading of some Canalyzer binary files that are pretty similar in terms of features. In that case I really only do the bare minimum to load CAN frames and don't support much else. MF4 may end up similarly. That is, I doubt that writing will be coming soon but it's possible. In general I try to support reading as many formats as possible. So, we'll see where this goes.

[SonnyOvens]

That would be awesome. We wouldn’t have much use for writing, but reading would be great!!On Oct 9, 2023, at 17:07, Collin Kidder ***@***.***> wrote: Maybe. I'm looking into it. I already support loading of some Canalyzer binary files that are pretty similar in terms of features. In that case I really only do the bare minimum to load CAN frames and don't support much else. MF4 may end up similarly. That is, I doubt that writing will be coming soon but it's possible. In general I try to support reading as many formats as possible. So, we'll see where this goes. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ihedvall]

@SonnyOvens @collin80
I have a C++ library that both read and writes ASAM MDF files (GitHub::ihedvall/mdflib). It have an MIT license. It support the ASAM MDF bus logger standard.

Ingemar Hedvall

[rusoku]

Sorry for offtopic but maybe someone can share some examples of mdf files?
I'm also playing around a bit with the MDF file parser.

[ihedvall]

@rusoku
It is worse, as you need MDF files with a matching DBC file. Both DBC and MDF file are normally closed sources. I recommend to contact CSS Electronics for example files. They seems to be referencing the SavvyCAN software.