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Airbus A380 USB Port can you play movies ?

  • 11-11-2009 11:04am
    #1
    Ozeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 575 ✭✭✭


    Guys

    Does anyone know from personal experience if the USB ports on the A380 allow you to play movies off a personal USB stick.

    If so

    1. What format do the movies need to in?

    2. Where on the menu do you choose your usb stick movies?

    Thanks

    Alan


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  • #2
    danindublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭danindublin


    Ozeire wrote: »
    Guys

    Does anyone know from personal experience if the USB ports on the A380 allow you to play movies off a personal USB stick.

    If so

    1. What format do the movies need to in?

    2. Where on the menu do you choose your usb stick movies?

    Thanks

    Alan

    I be no expert Alan, but I'm assuming these ports are for charging only. It would leave the IFE devices open to all sorts of virus' if they were reading movies off memory sticks!


  • #3
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Who needs to bring movies when you have this?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/theorem/2736241144/in/set-72157606561797368/


  • #4
    pclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭pclancy


    I don't remember the exact menu options but I think on Singapore Airlines' A380 I was on you could use it to view photos or possibly documents using the Krisworld software. I don't think playing movies was an option but I didnt have a USB key to hand to test it with. There was power in the economy seats for laptops via the Euro plug.

    There are so many movies, TV shows and games that I doubt you'd be bored with what's on offer.


  • #5
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    I was on Emirates A380 in April, the USB port is for photos and docs. It can't be used for charging IIRC, as the port only receives power when in that mode.

    If you think about all the various file formats and codecs, Airbus would have to update the players firmware every few months to cope with it, or the files wouldn't be playable.


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