Community#

Acknowledgement#

The authors would like to thank all users who report bugs and request new features for their valuable help.

Citing BORIS#

If you use BORIS in a publication, please cite:

Friard, O. and Gamba, M.,
BORIS: a free, versatile open-source event-logging software for video/audio coding and live observations.
(2016) Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7: 1325-1330.

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12584

You can also send us a nice postcard.

Please consider giving a star to the BORIS GitHub repository.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests#

Please report any bugs you find in the latest BORIS version through the GitHub repository.

Before reporting a bug, please:

• Check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.
• Check whether the issue has already been reported on GitHub.
• Delete the configuration file and try again (see configuration file).

Remember to indicate:

• your operating system
• your operating system version
• the computer you are using (model, RAM, etc.)
• the BORIS version you are using
• information about the media file you are coding, if any. See Tools > Media file information

Provide all the information needed to reproduce the bug, such as a detailed procedure or a screen recording.

In case of a crash, please send the boris_error.log file generated in your home directory immediately after the crash and before restarting BORIS:

Linux:
/home/YOUR_PROFILE_NAME/boris_error.log

Microsoft-Windows:
c:\Users\YOUR_PROFILE_NAME\boris_error.log