Embodiments of the invention provide a video playing method and equipment, relating to the field of video playing technologies and being capable of reducing the interference of the environmental noise on video playing and improving the user experience. The method comprises the following steps of collecting the environmental noise during video playing, wherein the environmental noise is sound except for audio pronunciation of the video; detecting whether the environmental noise meets a preset threshold, wherein the threshold includes an intensity threshold and a time threshold, and if the intensity of the environmental noise is greater than or equal to the intensity threshold and the duration of the environmental noise is greater than or equal to the time threshold, the environmental noise meets the threshold; and if the environmental noise meets the threshold, playing the video according to a preset anti-noise strategy in order to highlight images or characters of the video. The method is applied to the field of video playing technologies.