| CPC H04N 21/266 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a video transmit end, a video switching instruction when sending a first video frame, wherein the first video frame is a frame of video data of a first video stream that is being sent by the video transmit end, and wherein the video switching instruction carries video parameter indication information; and
when a first field blanking period after the first video frame arrives, switching, by the video transmit end, video data in response to receiving the video switching instruction, comprising:
switching, by the video transmit end, from the first video stream to dummy data in response to receiving the video switching instruction, and sending the dummy data to a video receive end;
modifying, by the video transmit end, a video source parameter based on the video parameter indication information while sending the dummy data;
switching, by the video transmit end, from the dummy data to a second video stream in a second field blanking period of the second video stream, wherein the second video stream is a new video stream obtained after the video transmit end modifies the video source parameter; and
sending, by the video transmit end, the second video stream to the video receive end in an active period after the second field blanking period.
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