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Developed for behavioral recording purposes at the\n[Princeton Neuroscience Institute](https://pni.princeton.edu/) 2021-26\n([Falkner](https://www.falknerlab.com/)/[Murthy](https://murthylab.princeton.edu/)\nlabs). Due to necessary proprietary software, recordings can only be performed\non OS Windows. The data processing, analysis and visualization branches of the\nGUI are platform-independent.\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- [CoolTerm](https://coolterm.en.lo4d.com/windows) (necessary only on the audio\n  recording PC)\n- [git](https://git-scm.com/download/) (if on Windows, add PATH to USER\n  VARIABLES)\n- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) (if on Windows,\n  add PATH to USER VARIABLES)\n- [das](https://janclemenslab.org/das/) (install in standalone conda\n  environment)\n- [vocalocator-ssl](https://github.com/Aramist/vocalocator-ssl) (install in\n  standalone conda environment)\n\n## Installation and updating\n\nClone the repository and set up virtual environment with _uv_:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/bartulem/usv-playpen.git\ncd usv-playpen\nuv venv --python=3.13\n```\n\n### Linux (terminal) instructions\n\n```bash\necho 'alias activate-pni=\"source /path/.../usv-playpen/.venv/bin/activate\"' \u003e\u003e ~/.bashrc\nsource ~/.bashrc\nactivate-pni\nuv sync\n```\n\n### macOS (terminal) instructions\n\n```bash\necho 'alias activate-pni=\"source /path/.../usv-playpen/.venv/bin/activate\"' \u003e\u003e ~/.zshrc\nsource ~/.zshrc\nactivate-pni\nuv sync\n```\n\n### Windows (powershell) instructions\n\n```powershell\nSet-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process\nAdd-Content -Path $PROFILE -Value \"`nfunction activate-pni {`n    . 'C:\\path\\...\\usv-playpen\\.venv\\Scripts\\Activate.ps1'`n}\"\n. $PROFILE\nactivate-pni\nuv sync\n```\n\n### Updating to a specific version\n\nNavigate to the cloned repository. To see which version you currently have:\n\n```\ngit describe --tags\n```\n\nTo see all available versions:\n\n```\ngit fetch --tags\ngit tag --sort=-version:refname\n```\n\nTo update to a specific version (works identically on Linux, macOS, and\nWindows):\n\n```\ngit fetch --tags\ngit checkout v0.9.5\nuv sync --reinstall-package usv-playpen\n```\n\nOr, if you have a GPU:\n\n```\ngit fetch --tags\ngit checkout v0.9.5\nuv sync --reinstall-package usv-playpen --extra gpu\n```\n\nReplace `v0.9.5` with whichever version you want. The\n`--reinstall-package usv-playpen` flag is required to force uv to recompute the\npackage version from the new git tag; without it the GUI may display a stale\nversion number. All machines should be set to the same tag to guarantee\nidentical behaviour.\n\n## Usage\n\nRun the GUI with:\n\n```bash\nactivate-pni \u0026\u0026 usv-playpen\n```\n\nUser guide with detailed instructions is available\n[here](https://usv-playpen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbartulem%2Fusv-playpen","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbartulem%2Fusv-playpen","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbartulem%2Fusv-playpen/lists"}