private static void WriteFile(string path) { string[] channels = { "up", "down", "top", "bottom", "charm", "strange" }; var rand = new Random(123456); int totalPoints = 0, totalChannels = 0; using (var encoder = new DataEncoder(path, "My file")) { for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { var channel = new Channel { Name = channels[rand.Next(channels.Length)] }; int count = rand.Next(1, 50); var data = new List <float>(count); for (int j = 0; j < count; j++) { data.Add((float)rand.NextDouble()); } channel.Points = data; encoder.AddChannel(channel); totalPoints += count; totalChannels++; } } Console.WriteLine("Wrote: {0} points in {1} channels; {2} bytes", totalPoints, totalChannels, new FileInfo(path).Length); }