24–29 Jul 2025
Europe/Rome timezone

GNOME invades your TV? Supporting HDMI-CEC

25 Jul 2025, 14:20
40m
25 Minute Presentation - In Person Use of GNOME Technologies Outside of the Desktop

Description

HDMI-CEC (Consumer electronics control) is a feature of HDMI standards that allows control of multiple electronic devices with a single remote controller.

This feature comes under many names on many TV brands, and the Raspberry Pi is a very accessible and Free Software friendly piece of hardware sporting HDMI-CEC support.

This talk with go through the things required to be in place to support HDMI-CEC, and the relatively low bar there is to pass in order to have the GNOME stack enter your living room.

Author(s) Bio

Carlos Garnacho is a longstanding GNOME developer, mostly musing on input and search.

Presentation Type In Person
Pronouns He/Him

Author

Carlos Garnacho (Red Hat)

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