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edid-decode(1) General Commands Manual edid-decode(1)

NAME

edid-decode - Decode EDID data in human-readable format

SYNOPSIS

edid-decode <options> [in [out]]

DESCRIPTION

edid-decode decodes EDID monitor description data in human-readable format. If [in] is not given, or [in] is '-', then the EDID will be read from standard input. If [out] is given then the EDID that was read from [in] is written to [out] or to standard output if [out] is '-'. By default the output is written as a hex dump when writing to standard output or a raw EDID if written to a file.

Input files may be raw binaries or ASCII text. ASCII input is scanned for hex dumps; heuristics are included to search for hexdumps in xrandr(1) property output and Xorg(1) log file formats, otherwise the data is treated as a raw hexdump. EDID blocks for connected monitors can be found in /sys/class/drm/*/edid on modern Linux systems with kernel modesetting support.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
Prints the help message.
-o, --output-format=<fmt>
If [out] is specified, then write the EDID in format <fmt>.
The output format can be one of:
hex: hex numbers in ascii text (default for stdout)
raw: binary data (default unless writing to stdout)
carray: c-program struct
-c, --check
Check if the EDID conforms to the standards.
-e, --extract
Extract the contents of the first block in hex values. This was always done in old edid-decode versions. To get the same behavior add this option.

NOTES

Not all fields are decoded, or decoded completely. Some fields' decoding may appear to corrupt the output (for example, detailed string sections have their contents printed literally). edid-decode does attempt to validate its input against the relevant standards, but its opinions have not been double-checked with the relevant standards bodies, so they may be wrong. Do not rely on the output format, as it will likely change in future versions of the tool as additional fields and extensions are added.

SEE ALSO

Xorg(1), xrandr(1)

AUTHORS

edid-decode was written by Adam Jackson, with contributions from Eric Anholt, Damien Lespiau, Hans Verkuil and others. For complete history and the latest version, see http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/edid-decode.git