Method and apparatus for releasing video file

A method for releasing a video file, which is applied to a first terminal, comprising:

• logging in a server so that the server sends pre-stored correspondence between a target display position in a video preview interface and a target video file to the first terminal, wherein the target video file is a video file that is generated by the server using a first preset number of video frames, wherein the first preset number of video frames are selected by the server in an obtained video file to be released;
• receiving the correspondence, and playing the target video file at the target display position in the video preview interface based on the correspondence,
• wherein the target video file is generated using the first preset number of video frames by;
• adding a second preset number of video frames at the end of the first preset number of video frames, in reverse order, after the last video frame of the first preset number of video frames.

A method for releasing a video file, which is applied to a second terminal, comprising:

• obtaining a video file to be released;
• sending the video file to be released to a server, so that the server receives the video file to be released, selects a first preset number of video frames in the video file to be released, generates a target video file using the selected video frames, and for an interface identifier of a video preview interface, creates the correspondence between a display position in the video preview interface and the target video file, wherein a first terminal plays the target video file at the display position of the video preview interface based on the correspondence between the display position in the video preview interface and the target video file,
• wherein the target video file is generated using the selected video frames by;
• adding a second preset number of video frames at the end of the selected video frames, in reverse order, after the last video frame of the selected video frames.