diff --git a/charidotella/__init__.py b/charidotella/__init__.py
index 1e6d0f2..15a76de 100644
--- a/charidotella/__init__.py
+++ b/charidotella/__init__.py
@@ -3,22 +3,20 @@
 import argparse
 import copy
 import functools
-import importlib.resources
 import json
 import pathlib
 import re
-import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import typing
 import uuid
 
-import event_stream
 import jsonschema
 import toml
 
 from . import animals as animals
 from . import filters as filters
+from . import formats as formats
 from . import tasks as tasks
 from . import utilities as utilities
 from .version import __version__ as __version__
@@ -79,8 +77,9 @@ def main():
     init_parser.add_argument(
         "--glob",
         "-g",
-        default="recordings/*.es",
-        help="Glob pattern used to search for Event Stream files",
+        nargs="*",
+        default=["recordings/*.es", "recordings/*.aedat4"],
+        help="Glob pattern used to search for Event Stream and AEDAT4 files",
     )
     init_parser.add_argument(
         "--configuration",
@@ -332,14 +331,14 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
             utilities.error(
                 f'"{configuration_path}" already exists (use --force to override it)'
             )
-        paths = [
-            path.resolve()
-            for path in pathlib.Path(".").glob(args.glob)
-            if path.is_file() and path.suffix == ".es"
-        ]
+        paths = []
+        for glob in args.glob:
+            for path in pathlib.Path(".").glob(glob):
+                if path.is_file():
+                    paths.append(path.resolve())
         paths.sort(key=lambda path: (path.stem, path.parent))
         if len(paths) == 0:
-            utilities.error(f'no .es files match "{args.glob}"')
+            utilities.error(f'no files match "{args.glob}"')
         if args.new_names:
             names = animals.generate_names(len(paths))
         else:
@@ -349,23 +348,9 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
                 for path in paths:
                     if path.stem in name_to_path:
                         utilities.error(
-                            f'two files have the same name ("{name_to_path[path.stem]}" and "{path}"), rename one or do *not* use the flag --preserve-name'
+                            f'two files have the same name ("{name_to_path[path.stem]}" and "{path}"), rename one or do use the flag --new-names'
                         )
                     name_to_path[path.stem] = path
-        attachments: dict[str, list[dict[str, str]]] = {}
-        for name, path in zip(names, paths):
-            for sibling in path.parent.iterdir():
-                if sibling != path and sibling.stem == path.stem:
-                    if not name in attachments:
-                        attachments[name] = []
-                    attachments[name].append(
-                        {
-                            "source": str(
-                                sibling.relative_to(configuration_path.parent)
-                            ),
-                            "target": f"{name}{sibling.suffix}",
-                        }
-                    )
         jobs = []
         for index, (name, path) in enumerate(zip(names, paths)):
             utilities.info(
@@ -374,7 +359,7 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
             )
             begin: typing.Optional[int] = None
             end: typing.Optional[int] = None
-            with event_stream.Decoder(path) as decoder:
+            with formats.Decoder(path) as decoder:
                 for packet in decoder:
                     if begin is None:
                         begin = int(packet["t"][0])
@@ -737,14 +722,6 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
                 configuration_file,
                 encoder=Encoder(),
             )
-            configuration_file.write(
-                "\n\n# attachments are copied in target directories, algonside generated files \n"
-            )
-            toml.dump(
-                {"attachments": attachments},
-                configuration_file,
-                encoder=Encoder(),
-            )
         with open(
             utilities.with_suffix(configuration_path, ".part"),
             "r",
@@ -768,8 +745,6 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
             configuration["tasks"] = {}
         if not "jobs" in configuration:
             configuration["jobs"] = []
-        if not "attachments" in configuration:
-            configuration["attachments"] = {}
         run_generators(configuration)
         jsonschema.validate(configuration, configuration_schema())
         if len(configuration["filters"]) == 0:
@@ -808,12 +783,6 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
                 utilities.error(
                     f"parsing \"end\" ({job['end']}) in \"{job['name']}\" failed ({exception})"
                 )
-        for name, attachment in configuration["attachments"].items():
-            targets = [file["target"] for file in attachment]
-            if len(targets) != len(set(targets)):
-                utilities.error(
-                    f'two or more attachments share the same target in "{name}"'
-                )
         configuration["filters"] = {
             name: {
                 "type": filter["type"],
@@ -872,37 +841,6 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
                 parameters["filters"] = {}
             if not "tasks" in parameters:
                 parameters["tasks"] = {}
-            if not "attachments" in parameters:
-                parameters["attachments"] = {}
-            if job["name"] in configuration["attachments"]:
-                for attachment in configuration["attachments"][job["name"]]:
-                    if (
-                        not args.force
-                        and attachment["target"] in parameters["attachments"]
-                        and (directory / name / attachment["target"]).is_file()
-                    ):
-                        utilities.info(
-                            "⏭ ",
-                            f"skip copy {pathlib.Path(configuration_path.parent) / attachment['source']} → {attachment['target']}",
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        utilities.info(
-                            "🗃 ",
-                            f"copy {pathlib.Path(configuration_path.parent) / attachment['source']} → {attachment['target']}",
-                        )
-                        shutil.copy2(
-                            pathlib.Path(configuration_path.parent)
-                            / attachment["source"],
-                            utilities.with_suffix(
-                                directory / name / attachment["target"], ".part"
-                            ),
-                        )
-                        utilities.with_suffix(
-                            directory / name / attachment["target"], ".part"
-                        ).replace(directory / name / attachment["target"])
-                    parameters["attachments"][attachment["target"]] = attachment[
-                        "source"
-                    ]
             if len(job["filters"]) == 1:
                 filter_name = job["filters"][0]
                 filter = configuration["filters"][filter_name]
@@ -1017,8 +955,6 @@ def run_generators(configuration: dict[str, typing.Any]):
             configuration["tasks"] = {}
         if not "jobs" in configuration:
             configuration["jobs"] = []
-        if not "attachments" in configuration:
-            configuration["attachments"] = []
         run_generators(configuration)
         jsonschema.validate(configuration, configuration_schema())
         with open(pathlib.Path(args.output), "w", encoding="utf-8") as output_file:
diff --git a/charidotella/filters/arbiter_saturation.py b/charidotella/filters/arbiter_saturation.py
index 10461ff..ebdea27 100644
--- a/charidotella/filters/arbiter_saturation.py
+++ b/charidotella/filters/arbiter_saturation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import event_stream
 import numpy
 
+from .. import formats
+
 
 def consume_packets(
     events_packets: list[numpy.ndarray],
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ def apply(
     parameters: dict[str, typing.Any],
 ) -> None:
     events_packets = []
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         with event_stream.Encoder(
             output,
             "dvs",
diff --git a/charidotella/filters/default.py b/charidotella/filters/default.py
index 4ac2b0e..63815ed 100644
--- a/charidotella/filters/default.py
+++ b/charidotella/filters/default.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import event_stream
 import numpy
 
+from .. import formats
+
 
 def apply(
     input: pathlib.Path,
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ def apply(
     end: int,
     parameters: dict[str, typing.Any],
 ) -> None:
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         with event_stream.Encoder(
             output,
             "dvs",
diff --git a/charidotella/filters/hot_pixels.py b/charidotella/filters/hot_pixels.py
index 3b6325d..a00f1ff 100644
--- a/charidotella/filters/hot_pixels.py
+++ b/charidotella/filters/hot_pixels.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import numpy
 import scipy.ndimage
 
+from .. import formats
+
 
 def apply(
     input: pathlib.Path,
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ def apply(
     end: int,
     parameters: dict[str, typing.Any],
 ) -> None:
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    count = None
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         count = numpy.zeros((decoder.width, decoder.height), dtype=numpy.uint64)
         for packet in decoder:
             if packet["t"][-1] < begin:
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ def apply(
             else:
                 events = packet
             numpy.add.at(count, (events["x"], events["y"]), 1)
+    assert count is not None
     shifted: list[numpy.ndarray] = []
     for x, y in ((1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1)):
         kernel = numpy.zeros((3, 3))
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ def apply(
         )
     ratios = numpy.divide(count, numpy.maximum.reduce(shifted) + 1.0)
     mask = ratios < parameters["ratio"]
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         with event_stream.Encoder(
             output,
             "dvs",
diff --git a/charidotella/filters/refractory.py b/charidotella/filters/refractory.py
index f57cfb5..0e7ffef 100644
--- a/charidotella/filters/refractory.py
+++ b/charidotella/filters/refractory.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import event_stream
 import numpy
 
-from .. import utilities
+from .. import formats, utilities
 
 
 def apply(
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def apply(
     end: int,
     parameters: dict[str, typing.Any],
 ) -> None:
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         refractory = numpy.uint64(utilities.timecode(parameters["refractory"]))
         threshold_t = numpy.zeros((decoder.width, decoder.height), dtype=numpy.uint64)
         with event_stream.Encoder(
diff --git a/charidotella/filters/transpose.py b/charidotella/filters/transpose.py
index 089536c..cb5bdb5 100644
--- a/charidotella/filters/transpose.py
+++ b/charidotella/filters/transpose.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import event_stream
 import numpy
 
+from .. import formats
+
 
 def apply(
     input: pathlib.Path,
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ def apply(
     end: int,
     parameters: dict[str, typing.Any],
 ) -> None:
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         if parameters["method"] == "flip_left_right":
             width, height = decoder.width, decoder.height
             method = 0
diff --git a/charidotella/formats.py b/charidotella/formats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db35db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charidotella/formats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import pathlib
+import types
+import typing
+
+import aedat
+import event_stream
+import numpy
+
+TYPE_EVENT_STREAM: int = 0
+TYPE_AEDAT: int = 1
+
+
+class Decoder:
+    def __init__(self, path: pathlib.Path):
+        self.width: int
+        self.height: int
+        if path.suffix == ".es":
+            self.type = TYPE_EVENT_STREAM
+        elif path.suffix == ".aedat4":
+            self.type = TYPE_AEDAT
+        else:
+            with open(path, "rb") as file:
+                magic = file.read(12)
+            if magic == b"Event Stream":
+                self.type = TYPE_EVENT_STREAM
+            elif magic == b"#!AER-DAT4.0":
+                self.type = TYPE_AEDAT
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f"unsupported file {path}")
+        self.t0 = None
+        if self.type == TYPE_EVENT_STREAM:
+            self.decoder = event_stream.Decoder(path)
+            assert self.decoder.type == "dvs"
+            self.width = self.decoder.width
+            self.height = self.decoder.height
+        else:
+            self.decoder = aedat.Decoder(path)  # type: ignore
+            found = False
+            for stream in self.decoder.id_to_stream().values():
+                if stream["type"] == "events":
+                    self.width = stream["width"]
+                    self.height = stream["height"]
+                    found = True
+                    break
+            if not found:
+                raise Exception(f"the file {path} contains no events")
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self) -> numpy.ndarray:
+        assert self.decoder is not None
+        if self.type == TYPE_EVENT_STREAM:
+            return self.decoder.__next__()
+        while True:
+            packet = self.decoder.__next__()
+            if "events" in packet:
+                events = packet["events"]
+                if len(events) > 0:
+                    if self.t0 is None:
+                        self.t0 = events["t"][0]
+                    events["t"] -= self.t0
+                    events["y"] = self.height - 1 - events["y"]
+                return events
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> "Decoder":
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exception_type: typing.Optional[typing.Type[BaseException]],
+        value: typing.Optional[BaseException],
+        traceback: typing.Optional[types.TracebackType],
+    ) -> bool:
+        assert self.decoder is not None
+        if self.type == TYPE_EVENT_STREAM:
+            result = self.decoder.__exit__(exception_type, value, traceback)
+        else:
+            result = False
+        self.decoder = None
+        return result
diff --git a/charidotella/tasks/colourtime.py b/charidotella/tasks/colourtime.py
index ac86c87..582ebd2 100644
--- a/charidotella/tasks/colourtime.py
+++ b/charidotella/tasks/colourtime.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import matplotlib.colors
 import PIL.Image
 
+from .. import formats
+
 EXTENSION = ".png"
 
 
@@ -26,13 +28,13 @@ def run(
         )
     else:
         time_mapping = colourtime.generate_linear_time_mapping(begin=begin, end=end)
-    with event_stream.Decoder(input) as decoder:
+    with formats.Decoder(input) as decoder:
         image = colourtime.convert(
             begin=begin,
             end=end,
             width=decoder.width,
             height=decoder.height,
-            decoder=decoder,
+            decoder=decoder,  # type: ignore
             colormap=matplotlib.colormaps[parameters["colormap"]],  # type: ignore
             time_mapping=time_mapping,
             alpha=parameters["alpha"],
diff --git a/charidotella/version.py b/charidotella/version.py
index df4be5e..528787c 100644
--- a/charidotella/version.py
+++ b/charidotella/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.1.4"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/configuration-schema.json b/configuration-schema.json
index 65e25ec..1794e02 100644
--- a/configuration-schema.json
+++ b/configuration-schema.json
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 {
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "properties": {
-        "attachments": {
-            "additionalProperties": {
-                "items": {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "source": {
-                            "type": "string"
-                        },
-                        "target": {
-                            "type": "string"
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "type": "object"
-                },
-                "type": "array"
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-        },
         "directory": {
             "type": "string"
         },
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index afb4730..41b12c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={"": ["charidotella/assets/*"]},
     install_requires=[
+        "aedat",
         "colourtime",
         "coolname",
         "event_stream",