HDMI Forum does not allow an open source implementation of the HDMI 2.1 spec

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Post by Thomashuet » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 7:02 AM UTC

HDMI Forum does not allow an open source implementation of the HDMI 2.1 spec
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Post by BillyTheMage » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 7:35 AM UTC

> you can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver because some people said so

I don't understand. Fuck whatever committee said whatever crap. Open source is open source. Just make the damn driver and give the suits 2 middle fingers.

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Post by CalRobert » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 8:52 AM UTC

I still miss DVI.

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Post by dark-star » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 8:54 AM UTC

If I understand it correctly, you can do that, but you cannot call it "HDMI compliant" or otherwise use the HDMI trademark.

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Post by fsflover » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 8:58 AM UTC

Recent discusson: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39543291

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Post by ttyyzz » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 9:08 AM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #3

I still miss DVI.

The connector (resp Port) was too chunky for laptops and you didnt get sound over dvi, but other than that it worked just Fine each and every time. Never had issues upgrading stuff from VGA to DVI in an industrial Environment back then.

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Post by zekica » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 9:10 AM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #3

I still miss DVI.

I don't miss it, DisplayPort is a really good replacement.

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Post by RedShift1 » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 9:12 AM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #3

I still miss DVI.

DisplayPort has been good to me

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Post by shzhdbi09gv8ioi » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 9:13 AM UTC

BillyTheMage wrote: post #2

> you can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver because some people said so I don't understand. Fuck whatever committee said whatever crap. Open source is open source. Just make the damn driver and give the suits 2 middle fingers.

Context: AMD is a company and those usually doesn't go around flipping the bird.

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Post by dtx1 » Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 9:18 AM UTC

shzhdbi09gv8ioi wrote: post #9

BillyTheMage wrote: post #2

> you can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver because some people said so I don't understand. Fuck whatever committee said whatever crap. Open source is open source. Just make the damn driver and give the suits 2 middle fingers.

Context: AMD is a company and those usually doesn't go around flipping the bird.

And it's a bit unfair to complain about AMD in this context anyway, not only were they the ones that proposed an Open Source Driver in the first place, from my experience their open source Linux support is excellent and in regards to flipping the bird, compared to NVIDIA they seem to do great up to date work with the Linux Kernel Devs.

This is the HDMI Group that's being Idiots in this case because the Content Mafia is afraid someone might use this to steal content. Anyway, back to torrenting stuff...