title: Read Matlab matrix into Python
body: <p>When I'm trying to read a Matlab matrix into python, I get the following error</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; scipy.io.loadmat("Dynamical.mat")
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/io/matlab/mio.py", line 151, in loadmat
      MR = mat_reader_factory(file_name, appendmat, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/io/matlab/mio.py", line 105, in mat_reader_factory
      mjv, mnv = get_matfile_version(byte_stream)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/io/matlab/miobase.py", line 221, in get_matfile_version
      % ret)
  ValueError: Unknown mat file type, version 46, 48
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Dynamical.mat is a file containing the matrix</p>
  
  <pre><code>% Size = 30 30 
  % Nonzeros = 252 
  zzz = zeros(252,3);
  zzz = [
  1 1  1.4019896354966477e+01
  1 2  0.0000000000000000e+00
  1 3  0.0000000000000000e+00
  ...
  </code></pre>