Video file playing method and terminal

The invention discloses a video file playing method and a terminal, and belongs to the technical field of video playing. The method comprises the steps that a video client receives a video playing instruction of a target video, constructs a video playing request pointing to a preset decryption agent module, and calls a system hardware player to process the video playing request; the decryption agent module obtains a downloading request of the system hardware player for the index file of the target video; the decryption agent module downloads an index file of the target video, reconstructs an encrypted key storage address in the index file, and returns the reconstructed index file to the system hardware player; and the system hardware player obtains the secret key through the reconstructedsecret key storage address and plays the video file of the target video according to the secret key. According to the invention, the system hardware player can play the video file encrypted for the second time. 本发明公开了一种播放视频文件