MVZ Software Tools

The U.C. Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology develops open source tools for various tasks.

Downloads

BioTunes

A command line Python tool that helps users work with the WAV audio files (and their corresponding MD5 checksums) that are digitized from the museum's bird recording collection. This software was developed as part of a grant from the National Science Foundation for digitization of audio recordings in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.

HTML5 Audio

HTML5 source code that supports cross browser audio playback in the browser without plugins. Designed specifically to integrate with Arctos for audio playback for the museum's bird recording collection. This software was developed as part of a grant from the National Science Foundation for digitization of audio recordings in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.

Duration Calculator Web Application

A utility for converting seconds into seconds, minutes, minutes-seconds formats. This software was developed as part of a grant from the National Science Foundation for digitization of audio recordings in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.

ImageTiler

A command line Perl tool that helps users create tiled JPEG images from high resolution TIFF images.