METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR PLAYING A VIDEO FILE

The present disclosure discloses a method and terminal for playing a video file in the technical field of playing a video. The method comprises: a video client receives a video playing instruction for a target video, constructs a video playing request directed to a preset decryption proxy module, and invokes a system hardware player to process the video playing request; the decryption proxy module acquires a download request of the system hardware player for an index file of the target video; the decryption proxy module downloads an index file of the target video, reconstructs an encrypted key storage address in the index file, returns the reconstructed index file to the system hardware player; the system hardware player acquires a key through the reconstructed key storage address, plays the video file of the target video according to the key. The system hardware player may play a video file encrypted twice.