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submitter adheres to the [Developer Certificate of Origin 1.1]. This project
follows the [freedesktop.org Contributor Covenant].
## Specifications
Both EDID and DisplayID are defined by VESA and the specifications are publicly
available. There are multiple versions defined and they have multiple
mechanisms for extending the base specification. Some of the extensions also
have mechanisms for additional extensions. This sometimes makes it hard to find
where a particular data structure is defined.
The raw data is usually read from the Display Data Channel (DDC) but other
methods of delivery exist.
Available freely [from VESA directly] are the base EDID specifications, VESA
specified EDID extensions, as well as the base DisplayID specifications. EDID
also specifies how DisplayID can be embedded in EDID.
* VESA Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data (E-EDID) Standard;
Release A, Revision 1; February 9, 2000; Defines EDID Structure Version 1,
Revision 3
* VESA Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data (E-EDID) Standard;
Release A, Revision 2; September 25, 2006; Defines EDID Structure Version 1,
Revision 4
* VESA Video Timing Block Extension Data (VTB-EXT) Standard; Release A;
November 24, 2003
* VESA Enhanced EDID Localized String Extension Standard; Release A;
July 10, 2003
* VESA Display Transfer Characteristics Data Block (DTCDB) Standard;
Version 1.0; August 31, 2006
* VESA Display Information Extension Block (DI-EXT) Standard; Release A;
August 21, 2001
* VESA Display Device Data Block (DDDB) Standard; Version 1;
September 25, 2006
* VESA Display Identification Data (DisplayID) Standard; Version 1.3;
July 5, 2013
* VESA Display Identification Data (DisplayID) Standard; Version 2.0;
11 September, 2017
* VESA Display Identification Data (DisplayID) Standard; Version 2.1;
18 November, 2021
* VESA Display Identification Data (DisplayID) Standard; Version 2.1a;
18 March, 2024
The most common extension to both EDID and DisplayID is CTA-861 which can be
downloaded for free [from CTA].
* A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces
(CTA-861-E, CTA-861-F, CTA-861-G, CTA-861-H, CTA-861-I)
* HDR Static Metadata Extensions (CTA-861.3-A)
The CTA-861 specification allows for Vendor Specific Data Blocks (VSDB). Their
specifications are often proprietary and have to be reverse engineered. Some
specifications are available publicly.
* HDMI and HDMI Forum VSDB are specified in the HDMI specification
* Microsoft EDID Extension for [HMDs and Specialized Monitors]
The libdisplay-info structures of the low-level API always point to the
relevant specification and section therein.
## Building
libdisplay-info has the following dependencies:
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[Wayland contribution guidelines]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
[Developer Certificate of Origin 1.1]: https://developercertificate.org/
[freedesktop.org Contributor Covenant]: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct/
[from VESA directly]: https://vesa.org/vesa-standards/
[from CTA]: https://www.cta.tech/SearchResults?search=CTA-861
[HMDs and Specialized Monitors]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/display/specialized-monitors-edid-extension
[hwdata]: https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata
[Meson]: https://mesonbuild.com/
[coverage]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info/-/jobs/artifacts/main/file/build/meson-logs/coveragereport/index.html?job=build-gcc