I generate bigWig files using bamCoverage from deeptools, in part for my colleagues to visualize their mapped libraries in the IGV viewer.A problem is that the displayed track name is apparently the file name, which is not convenient because some files for different libraries have the same name. The reason is that the files are organized with one directory per library. I would prefer to avoid changing the way I name and organize the files.Is there a way to edit my bigWig files in order to have control of the track name independently from the file name?As far as I understand, bigWig format derives from wiggle format, which have a track definition line that can contain a name and a definition attribute: https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenpath/help/customTrack.html#TRACK.Maybe there is a way to convert a bigWig file back to wiggle, edit the track definition, and then rebuild an updated bigWig file.
Customizing bigWig file
file formats;format conversion;bigwig;visualization;genome browser
There's no equivalent to the wiggle header in bigWig (or bigBed) files, which is why UCSC uses the file name. This is actually the reason for the track line stuff that you linked to, since you can then specify a name and just point to where the bigWig (or other format) file is on the internet.BTW, you can certainly convert your bigWig to wiggle, add the track line, and convert it back with UCSC tools (e.g., bigWigToWig and wigToBigWig). It shouldn't change the track name when you display it in UCSC (though if it does, then let me know, since I'll modify pyBigWig and libBigWig to support that then).