A multimedia processing method applied to a multimedia processing apparatus and a multimedia processing server, wherein the method comprises: sending by the server management information based on a management information request of a multimedia processing apparatus; sending a remote task list based on a task list request of the multimedia processing apparatus; receiving management information comprising a prestart time and a remote task list comprising at least one task, each task having an associated start time from a multimedia processing server; and calculating a wake time of the multimedia processing apparatus according to the management information and the remote task list by adding the prestart time to the task start time, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the wake time and executes a task in the remote task list; sending the wake time to the multimedia processing server; receiving by the server a wake time from the multimedia processing apparatus, wherein the wake time is calculated by the multimedia processing apparatus according to the management information and the remote task list; adjusting the wake time according to a load status of the multimedia processing server, to generate an adjusted wake time; and sending the adjusted wake time to the multimedia processing apparatus, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the adjusted wake time; receiving an adjusted wake time from the multimedia processing server, wherein the adjusted wake time is generated by the multimedia processing server by adjusting the wake time according to a load status of the multimedia processing server; and replacing the wake time with the adjusted wake time, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the adjusted wake time; wherein the load status of the multimedia processing server is the number of multimedia processing apparatus that are connected to the multimedia processing server at a given time. sending by the server management information based on a management information request of a multimedia processing apparatus; sending a remote task list based on a task list request of the multimedia processing apparatus; receiving management information comprising a prestart time and a remote task list comprising at least one task, each task having an associated start time from a multimedia processing server; and calculating a wake time of the multimedia processing apparatus according to the management information and the remote task list by adding the prestart time to the task start time, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the wake time and executes a task in the remote task list; sending the wake time to the multimedia processing server; receiving by the server a wake time from the multimedia processing apparatus, wherein the wake time is calculated by the multimedia processing apparatus according to the management information and the remote task list; adjusting the wake time according to a load status of the multimedia processing server, to generate an adjusted wake time; and sending the adjusted wake time to the multimedia processing apparatus, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the adjusted wake time; receiving an adjusted wake time from the multimedia processing server, wherein the adjusted wake time is generated by the multimedia processing server by adjusting the wake time according to a load status of the multimedia processing server; and replacing the wake time with the adjusted wake time, so that the multimedia processing apparatus wakes up at the adjusted wake time; wherein the load status of the multimedia processing server is the number of multimedia processing apparatus that are connected to the multimedia processing server at a given time.