The invention discloses a video playing method and device. The video playing method comprises the following steps: acquiring preference information of a user; according to plot information and the preference information, acquiring playing speeds for video segments; and playing a video to be played according to the playing speeds. The method and device provided by the invention has the advantages that the playing speed for each video segment is acquired according to a plot of each video segment in the video to be played and emotional preferences of the user, so that the playing speed for each video segment in the video to be played meets the requirements of the user, manual adjustments by the user are not needed, and the user experience is further improved.