From 4de57c2a512ba9e03d45c452ba774ec79878db7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clemens Brunner <clemens.brunner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:59:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix conversion to int

---
 src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py b/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
index 4da53ec..abbba6a 100644
--- a/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
+++ b/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def _truncate_corrupted_offsets(temp, streams):
         sample_count_str = footer.get("sample_count", [None])[0]
         if sample_count_str is None:
             continue
-        footer_count = int(sample_count_str)
+        footer_count = int(float(sample_count_str))  # can be with .0 suffix
 
         if len(stream.time_stamps) <= footer_count:
             continue  # No extra samples → no evidence of pylsl#67, liblsl#246

From 97b6b2e8733f32d6a494bac05967617b16bc0ba4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clemens Brunner <clemens.brunner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add changelog entry

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26229fb..a247427 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ## [UNRELEASED] - YYYY-MM-DD
+### Fixed
+- Fix conversion to `int` for `sample_count` in XDF footer ([#173](https://github.com/xdf-modules/pyxdf/pull/173) by [Clemens Brunner](https://github.com/cbrnr))
 
 ## [1.17.5] - 2026-06-15
 ### Changed