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In HDMI protocol, Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is a data structure provided by a digital display to describe its capabilities to a video source (e.g. graphics card or set-top box). The EDID includes manufacturer name and serial number, product type, phosphor or filter type, timings supported by the display, display size, luminance data and pixel mapping data. For applications like HDMI CEC, it is required to know port number of HDMI port number of the TV/monitor connected. [Read More]

Consumer electronic control (CEC) is a feature of the HDMI interface 1.3 standard (high definition multimedia interface), which is used to transmit audio/video data for multimedia consumer products such as HDTV, DVDs, satellite receivers etc. For example, One Touch Play lets a media source device turn on the TV and switch its input port automatically, so you don’t have to search for the TV remote to switch from your Chromecast to Blu-ray player or using the remote control of a CEC enabled TV, you can control the set-top box or DVD player, controlling the TV from HDMI-CEC enabled android device via HDMI CEC application. The most commonly used CEC commands are : One Touch Play,System Standby, One Touch Record, System Information,Tuner Control,Routing Control, OSD Display, System Audio Control etc. This article explains the basic of HDMI CEC protocols and how this can be implemented in android framework.

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