The invention discloses a method and apparatus for outputting sharding media files. The method comprises the steps of determining future output sequences of a plurality of shardings when receiving a media file including the plurality of shardings; in response to a request for outputting the media file, generating a sharding file list so as to record the future output sequences of the plurality of shardings and storage positions of the plurality of shardings; obtaining a starting sharding corresponding to an output starting position included in the request from the storage positions of the plurality of shardings; and outputting the residual shardings after the starting sharding from the starting sharding according to the output sequences recorded in the sharding file list.