The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.
Matlab mat file version 7 3.
However by default the save function creates version 7 mat files.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files preferences.
For cell arrays structure arrays or other containers that can store heterogeneous data types version 7 3 mat files are sometimes larger than version 7 mat files.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
Convert existing mat files to version 7 3 by calling the save function with the v7 3 option such as.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
These files can be read in python using for instance the pytables or h5py package.
Reading matlab structures in mat files does not seem supported at this point.
If you look at the help of save v7 3 means version 7 0 features plus support for data items greater than or equal to 2gb on 64 bit systems which should be in your advantage.
The save variables to version 7 3 mat file example on that page shows the exact syntax.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.
Matlab 7 5 r2007b 18 1 6 0 september 1 2007.
Your matlab is r2010a which should be later than v7 3.
In order to save your data to a mat file with version 7 3 or later specify the v7 3 flag as the version input argument.
When you create a new file using matfile the function creates a version 7 3 mat file that also lets you save variables larger than 2 gb.
Beginning at release 7 3 of matlab mat files are actually saved using the hdf5 format by default except if you use the vx flag at save time see help save in matlab.
To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files preferences.
To view or set the default version for mat files go to the home tab and in the environment section click preferences.