Parse::EDID

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Updated: 2021-01-27
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NAME

Parse::EDID - Extended display identification data (EDID) parser

DESCRIPTION

This module provides some function to parse Extended Display Identification Data binary data structures.

Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is a metadata format for display devices to describe their capabilities to a video source. The data format is defined by a standard published by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA).

FUNCTIONS

parse_edid($raw_edid)

Parse the raw binary edid data, as a string, and return a corresponding data structure, as an hashref.

check_parsed_edid($edid)

Check the data structure, and return an error message if anything is wrong, an empty string otherwise.

find_edid_in_string($string)

Extract raw binary edid data from another tool text output, such as xrandr --prop.

LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.