What it does

ont_fast5_api is a simple interface to HDF5 files of the Oxford Nanopore FAST5 file format.

• concrete implementation of the FAST5 file schema using the generic h5py library
• plain-english-named methods to interact with and reflect the FAST5 file schema
• tools to convert between multi_read and single_read formats
• tools to compress/decompress raw data in files

single_to_multi_fast5 converts single read FAST5 files into multi read FAST5 file(s).

Input

Single read files in FAST5 format that are stored in a flat TAR.

Output

Multi read file(s) in FAST5 format that are stored in a flat TAR.

References

More information are available on github.