A multi-channel video communication method which includes: detecting network status information and attributes of at least two remote clients, and establishing a video communication connection; selecting a video encoding parameter corresponding to each remote client according to the network status information and the attributes of each remote client; encoding raw video data according to the video encoding parameter respectively, and transmitting respectively encoded video bit-stream to each corresponding remote client. In the multi-channel video communication method, the video encoding parameter corresponding to each remote client may be selected according to the network status information and attributes of each remote client.