Abstract: A method and an electronic device for program switching are disclosed. The method includes: loading a next program at a backend after a program switching instruction is received; obtaining a last frame of program image at a time when the program switching instruction is received and displaying the last frame of program image; obtaining program information about the next program and displaying the program information in the last frame of program image; obtaining a first frame of program image of the next program and switching and displaying the image as the first frame of program image; and starting to play the next program at a time when a content of the next program is completely loaded.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an electronic device for playing video. The method includes: generating a video window with a preset size on a display screen when a first video is played on the display screen and an instruction for synchronously playing is received; obtaining a second video when an instruction for synchronously playing the second video is received; and playing the second video in the video window. The solution provided by the present disclosure may play the second video in the video window at the same time when the first video is being played on the display screen, thus it can be ensured that a user may check whether the second video is interesting when he is watching the first video, thereby ensuring a continuity in user's watching of the first video.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an electronic device for preview play. The method includes: determining a flag of a preview window when the preview window receives a play instruction; obtaining a pre-built corresponding relation of the flag of the preview window and a video resource; determining the video resource corresponding to the flag of the preview window according to the corresponding relation; and playing the video resource in the preview window. If a user wants to know whether he/she is interested in the video resource corresponding to the preview window, he or she may input a play instruction into the preview window. When the preview window receives the play instruction inputted by the user, it needs to determine a corresponding video resource via the flag of the preview window so that the video resource is played in the preview window.