Vehicle entertainment system

A method comprising:

• assigning a first portion of a media library having a plurality of media files for an inflight entertainment system of an aircraft to a first set of media files in which each media file of the first set is playable simultaneously by all passengers of the aircraft from a plurality of smart monitors of the aircraft, and a second portion to a second set of media files in which each media file of the second set is playable simultaneously by up to X percentage of the passengers;
• storing the plurality of media files for storage across the plurality of smart monitors of the aircraft using at least the first set and the second set, each set having a plurality of media subsets;
• wherein a number of media subsets are based on each smart monitor's ability to stream data to another smart monitor;
• wherein the plurality of media files are streamed from the plurality of smart monitors in response to user requests for media;
• monitoring access to the plurality of media files based on user requests;
• and
• modifying an assignment of a media file between the first and the second set based on a plurality of factors including at least two of an access pattern of the media file from a plurality of aircrafts determined by the monitoring, aircraft route information, airline preference, aircraft type and configuration, a third party rating of the media file, and an airline preference.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• assign a first portion of a media library having a plurality of media files for an inflight entertainment system of an aircraft to a first set of media files playable simultaneously by all passengers of the aircraft from a plurality of smart monitors of the aircraft, and a second portion to a second set of media files playable simultaneously by up to X percentage of the passengers;
• store the plurality of media files for storage across the plurality of smart monitors of the aircraft using at least the first set and the second set, each set having a plurality of media subsets;
• wherein a number of media subsets are based on each smart monitor's ability to stream data to another smart monitor;
• wherein the plurality of media files are streamed from the plurality of smart monitors in response to user requests for media;
• monitor access to the plurality of media files based on user requests;
• and
• modify an assignment of a media file between the first set and the second set based on a plurality of factors including at least two of an access pattern of the media file from a plurality of aircraft, aircraft route information, airline preference, aircraft type and configuration, a third party rating of the media file, and an airline preference.