The invention relates to a channel switching accelerating method and a channel ethnic group marking method in a video multicast network system. The channel switching accelerating method includes the steps of frame interpolation, rebound, construction and transmission in advance. A user sends out a switching request, and a terminal informs a switch of joining in a corresponding multicast group; an accelerating module executes corresponding actions according to the position or the operation stage, where a current image frame is located, of a group of video pictures (GOP); in the front part of the GOP, overdue frames are supplemented to be complete; in the front middle of the GOP, only reference frames are recalled; in the rear middle of the GOP, new I frames are constructed; in the tail of the COP, transmission is performed in advance. In addition, keys on a terminal control panel are not increased, one certain key or a certain group of keys are defined to have different functions under different states, and the operation functions of channel ethnic group marking and scanning type automatic switching in groups are achieved. Channel switching of video multicast can be accelerated, the possibility of jamming of the backbone network is lowered, and instant large fluctuations of network flow are avoided.