The method is suitable for the technical field of videos. The invention provides a video preview method and device and an intelligent terminal. The method comprises: when the fact that an intelligentterminal plays a video is detected, acquiring bullet screen data of the video, loading the bullet screen data to a preset position of a video playing interface, obtaining a video preview instruction input to the bullet screen data by a user, determining a video playing time interval corresponding to bullet screen data corresponding to the video preview instruction, obtaining a video clip of the playing time interval, and loading the video clip to a preview area of video playing so as to be used for user preview. The invention provides the method that, when a user watches a video-on-demand including barrage comments, can achieve the preview of the video according to the bullet screen contents, achieves the quick preview of the video corresponding to the bullet screen number screened according to the preset rule, achieves a brand-new video preview mode, improves the efficiency of a user for watching wonderful video clips, and enables the user experience to be better.