Method and device for playing multimedia information

The invention discloses a method and device for playing multimedia information, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the steps that before a calling terminal and a called terminal set up a calling session, a first request for setting up the multimedia session of a packet switching domain is received, wherein the first request is sent by the calling terminal; a first multimedia session with the calling terminal is set up according to the first request; a first playing request sent by a calling session control node is received, and multimedia information set by the called terminal is played to the calling terminal through the first multimedia session according to the first playing request. Due to the fact that the multimedia session is set up with a multimedia server before the calling session is set up, the process of setting up the multimedia session is brought forward, the situation that playing of the multimedia information is delayed due to time delay in the process of setting up the multimedia session is avoided, and the efficiency of obtaining the multimedia information is improved.