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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/>.