The invention relates to a method and device for obtaining video information. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining input information for a video application program, wherein the input information comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of dialog information, audio information and image information, obtaining target video information matched with the input information, and controlling target equipment to output the target video information. By means of the technical scheme, a video can be searched according to at least one in the dialog information, the audio information and the image information; and thus, users can be helped to rapidly find out a wanted video.