The invention relates to a
media server determination method and device, a
server and a storage medium. The invention discloses a live broadcast method and device, and belongs to the technical field of communication, and t. The method comprises the steps: receiving a live broadcast access request of a target account, determining the audience quantity type of an anchor account of a live broadcast room, determining a target
media server matched with the audience quantity type, and transmitting a live broadcast video
stream of the live broadcast room to a terminal where the target account is located based on the target
media server. According to the method disclosed in the embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the steps: carrying out the
processing, the audience quantity type of the anchor account is considered; the audience quantity type of the anchor account represents the online audience quantity of the live broadcast room; therefore, the media
server corresponding to the target account is determined according to the online audience amount of each live broadcast room, the number of live broadcast rooms maintained by a single media
server can be uniform, the situation that one media server corresponds to multiple live broadcast rooms is avoidedprevented, and the accuracy of determining the media server is improved.