Video playback method, apparatus, and terminal device based on video aggregation service

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal devices. Disclosed are a video playback method, apparatus, and terminal device based on a video aggregation service. The method comprises: when a video is unsuccessfully played according to a first video address, determining whether a pre-stored video address list comprises a second video address, the second video address and the first video address corresponding to the identical video definition, the second video address and the first video address corresponding to different video sources, and the video address list comprising video playback addresses with different video definition in the different video sources corresponding to the video; when the video address list comprises the second video address, acquiring the second video address from the video address list; and playing the video according to the acquired video address. The apparatus comprises: a determining module, a video address acquiring module, and a video playback module. The terminal device comprises: a processor and a storage device. In the present disclosure, a video address is automatically acquired, thereby reducing user operations.