The invention relates to an energy-saving video transmission system based on distributed information source codes, and belongs to the technical field of video transmission. The system comprises a camera, a distributed information source encoder, an intelligent sending node, a server, an intelligent receiving node, a distributed information source decoder, an application platform, a wireless communication module and a cloud platform; wherein the camera is connected with the distributed information source encoder, the distributed information source encoder is connected with the intelligent sending node, the intelligent sending node is connected with the server, the server is connected with the cloud platform through the wireless communication module, the server is further connected with theintelligent receiving node, the intelligent receiving node is further connected with the distributed information source decoder, and then the distributed information source decoder is connected with the application platform. According to the invention, the transmission rate of the video information can be remarkably improved, the energy-saving effect is obvious, and the video transmission system is stronger in flexibility and more humanized by performing remote control through the application platform.