The invention relates to the technical field of video playing, in particular to a video playing method and device,
electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that an MECserver receives a video playing request which is sent by a
client and carries recognition information of a to-be-played video; judging whether video information of the to-be-played video is stored ina local cache or not; if so, sending the video information of the to-be-played video to the
client; if not, sending a video playing request carrying the recognition information of the to-be-played video to a service
server; and receiving the video information of the to-be-played video sent by the service
server, and sending the video information of the to-be-played video to the
client. Accordingto the invention, the MEC
server is added in the existing
network architecture, so that the MEC server can directly send the video information in the local cache or forward the video information sentby the service server, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the video calling process, relieving the network pressure and improving the user experience.