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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/>.

perl v5.36.0                      2022-12-04                  Parse::EDID(3pm)

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