A media file processing method, comprising: receiving a request for downloading a target streaming media file; obtaining, in response to the request, a uniform resource locator (URL) of the target streaming media file; determining, according to first pattern information of a header of the URL, whether the target streaming media file is a streaming media file of a Microsoft Media Server (MMS) Protocol; in accordance with a determination that the target streaming media file is a streaming media file of the MMS Protocol, determining, according to a preset correspondence between URL pattern information and a plurality of network communication protocols, a first network communication protocol of the plurality of network communication protocols, that corresponds to the first pattern information of the header of the URL as a target network communication protocol; and obtaining the target streaming media file from a target server by using the target network communication protocol.