A method and an apparatus for generating a video file, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving an editing instruction for a video, and presenting at least one video template corresponding to the video; obtaining, in response to a selection instruction for a target video template, a resource set corresponding to the target video template; presenting an editing interface comprising an editing button if it is determined based on the video configuration parameter that the audio data is editable; editing, in response to a clicking operation on the editing button, the audio data to obtain edited audio data; adjusting, based on the edited audio data, a playback parameter of the image data; and performing, based on the edited audio data and the adjusted playback parameter, video file synthesis to obtain a target video file.