Abstract: Disclosed are a method, an electronic device and a system for acquiring video data. The method includes: first of all, receiving, by a content distribution network (CDN) server, an acquisition request of a video source server access path sent by a client; then sending the acquisition request to a scheduling server so that the scheduling server acquires access path information corresponding to the acquisition request; then receiving the access path information sent by the scheduling server; and at last acquiring and sending video data in the video source server to the client according to the access path information.