Multimedia playing method, device and terminal

The invention discloses a multimedia playing method, device and terminal, and belongs to the technical field of computers. The method includes the steps that a format which is not recognized by a GPU in a multimedia file is transcoded into a format which can be recognized by the GPU, and the format is one or two of an audio coding format and a file format; the transcoded multimedia file is sent to the GPU so that the GPU can play the multimedia file. By means of the multimedia playing method, device and terminal, the problem that the multimedia file cannot be played by the GPU when the format of the multimedia file is not recognized by the GPU is solved, and the effect that the range of the multimedia file which can be played by the GPU is expanded is achieved.