Multiple errors while trying to convert binary pcd file

[boazMgm]

Hi,
I'm using Pypcd version 0.1.1 and python 3.8.10
I'm getting multiple errors while trying to parse binary pcd file (Nuscenes).
the one I'm stuck on right now is in line 282:
if ln.startswith('DATA'):
TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str

The code should understand if this is binary or ascii. Is there a solution or a different version that works?
btw, just changing to (b'DATA') will create an error in a different place.

Thanks

[joelosw]

Hi, since this project seems to be inactive I forked it and started to improve some things.
You can find it here: pypcd-imp or install it right away via pip install pypcd_imp.
If the issue is still present there feel free to reopen it in my repo and I will try to fix it.