watching movies I brought myself on VA interface

[clipped_wings]

Yep, it's me again with another (yawn) question:

I bought a new laptop today. Awesome piece of technology, with all the bells and whistles. The nice man who sold it asked why I was upgrading and I told him I wanted something reliable for our flight. Something I could watch movies on if the need arose. He casually remarked that, these days - you can simply load your movies onto an external hard drive and plug it in to the plane's video interface and voila! I was mesmerized.

Can I actually do this?

 

[Milefest]

There's sometimes a section on the IFE system where you can choose to display your own media using the USB port. I've been on a variety of aircraft and different carriers and have never got it to work. It's probably only able read to certain media formats..

 

[Dannyism]

It wasn't an option on the virgin flight I took to LA recently. However it was a function on various Singapore flights.

 

[DJSYD81]

I think the VA IFE can view pictures only IIRC. I tried once to plug in a USB and remember I couldn't view video files. This was J on the 777 so not sure if it has changed at all over time.

 

[clipped_wings]

Agreed. I don't think I would be pinning all my hopes on such a wild idea either. Otherwise everyone would already be doing it.