edid-decode(1)edid-decode(1)NAMEedid-decode - Decode EDID data in human-readable format
SYNOPSISedid-decode [in] [out]
DESCRIPTIONedid-decode decodes EDID monitor description data in human-readable
format. It takes zero, one, or two arguments. If invoked with no
arguments it reads from standard input and writes to standard output.
With one argument, the file named by the argument is read instead.
With two arguments, normal output is suppressed, and the binary EDID
blob is written to the file named by the second argument.
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 ker‐
nel modesetting support.
NOTES
Not all fields are decoded, or decoded completely. Some fields' decod‐
ing may appear to corrupt the output (for example, detailed string sec‐
tions 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 exten‐
sions are added.
SEE ALSOXorg(1), xrandr(1)AUTHORSedid-decode was written by Adam Jackson, with contributions from Eric
Anholt, Damien Lespiau, and others. For complete history and the lat‐
est version, see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/edid-decode/
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