def convert(self, version):
        """convert *MDF* to other version

        Parameters
        ----------
        version : str
            new mdf file version from ('2.00', '2.10', '2.14', '3.00', '3.10',
            '3.20', '3.30', '4.00', '4.10', '4.11'); default '4.10'

        Returns
        -------
        out : MDF
            new *MDF* object

        """
        version = validate_version_argument(version)

        out = MDF(version=version)

        out.header.start_time = self.header.start_time

        try:
            for can_id, info in self.can_logging_db.items():
                if can_id not in out.can_logging_db:
                    out.can_logging_db[can_id] = {}
                out.can_logging_db[can_id].update(info)
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        groups_nr = len(self.groups)

        if self._callback:
            self._callback(0, groups_nr)

        cg_nr = -1

        # walk through all groups and get all channels
        for i, group in enumerate(self.groups):

            encodings = []
            included_channels = self._included_channels(i)
            if included_channels:
                cg_nr += 1
            else:
                continue

            parents, dtypes = self._prepare_record(group)

            data = self._load_data(group)
            for idx, fragment in enumerate(data):
                if dtypes.itemsize:
                    group.record = np.core.records.fromstring(fragment[0], dtype=dtypes)
                else:
                    group.record = None
                    continue

                # the first fragment triggers and append that will add the
                # metadata for all channels
                if idx == 0:
                    sigs = []
                    for j in included_channels:
                        sig = self.get(
                            group=i,
                            index=j,
                            data=fragment,
                            raw=True,
                            ignore_invalidation_bits=True,
                            copy_master=False,
                        )
                        if version < "4.00":
                            if sig.samples.dtype.kind == "S":
                                encodings.append(sig.encoding)
                                strsig = self.get(
                                    group=i,
                                    index=j,
                                    samples_only=True,
                                    ignore_invalidation_bits=True,
                                )[0]
                                sig.samples = sig.samples.astype(strsig.dtype)
                                del strsig
                                if sig.encoding != "latin-1":

                                    if sig.encoding == "utf-16-le":
                                        sig.samples = (
                                            sig.samples.view(np.uint16)
                                            .byteswap()
                                            .view(sig.samples.dtype)
                                        )
                                        sig.samples = encode(
                                            decode(sig.samples, "utf-16-be"), "latin-1"
                                        )
                                    else:
                                        sig.samples = encode(
                                            decode(sig.samples, sig.encoding), "latin-1"
                                        )
                            else:
                                encodings.append(None)
                        if not sig.samples.flags.writeable:
                            sig.samples = sig.samples.copy()
                        sigs.append(sig)
                    source_info = f"Converted from {self.version} to {version}"

                    if sigs:
                        out.append(sigs, source_info, common_timebase=True)
                        try:
                            if group.channel_group.flags & v4c.FLAG_CG_BUS_EVENT:
                                out.groups[-1].channel_group.flags = group.channel_group.flags
                                out.groups[-1].channel_group.acq_name = group.channel_group.acq_name
                                out.groups[-1].channel_group.acq_source = group.channel_group.acq_source
                                out.groups[-1].channel_group.comment = group.channel_group.comment
                        except AttributeError:
                            pass
                    else:
                        break

                # the other fragments will trigger onl the extension of
                # samples records to the data block
                else:
                    sigs = [
                        (self.get_master(i, data=fragment, copy_master=False), None)
                    ]

                    for k, j in enumerate(included_channels):
                        sig = self.get(
                            group=i,
                            index=j,
                            data=fragment,
                            raw=True,
                            samples_only=True,
                            ignore_invalidation_bits=True,
                        )

                        if version < "4.00":
                            encoding = encodings[k]
                            samples = sig[0]
                            if encoding:
                                if encoding != "latin-1":

                                    if encoding == "utf-16-le":
                                        samples = (
                                            samples.view(np.uint16)
                                            .byteswap()
                                            .view(samples.dtype)
                                        )
                                        samples = encode(
                                            decode(samples, "utf-16-be"), "latin-1"
                                        )
                                    else:
                                        samples = encode(
                                            decode(samples, encoding), "latin-1"
                                        )
                                    sig.samples = samples

                        if not sig[0].flags.writeable:
                            sig = sig[0].copy(), sig[1]
                        sigs.append(sig)
                    out.extend(cg_nr, sigs)

                group.record = None

            if self._callback:
                self._callback(i + 1, groups_nr)

            if self._terminate:
                return

        out._transfer_events(self)
        if self._callback:
            out._callback = out._mdf._callback = self._callback
        return out
convert *MDF* to other version

        Parameters
        ----------
        version : str
            new mdf file version from ('2.00', '2.10', '2.14', '3.00', '3.10',
            '3.20', '3.30', '4.00', '4.10', '4.11'); default '4.10'

        Returns
        -------
        out : MDF
            new *MDF* object