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

SYNOPSIS
       edid-decode [in] [out]

DESCRIPTION
       edid-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
       kernel modesetting support.

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, and others.  For complete history and the
       latest version, see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/edid-decode/

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