METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING LIVE BROADCAST STREAMING MEDIA

The present invention relates to the field of Internet multimedia. A method and device are provided for playing live broadcast streaming media, being capable of improving the flexibility of playing live broadcast streaming media. The method comprises: acquiring a live broadcast streaming media search request, the search request comprising search information and search time, the search time indicating the time of generating the live broadcast streaming media search request; according to the search information, searching for live broadcast streaming media matching the search information; if the search time is earlier than the start time of playing the live broadcast streaming media, then playing an on-demand multimedia file corresponding to the search information in a media resource library; if the search time has reached or is later than the start time of playing the live broadcast streaming media, then playing the live broadcast streaming media at the start time.