The invention is suitable for the field of digital television, and provides an intelligent regulation method for volume and channel of a television. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring an image by a camera on the television; detecting the image through a machine learning method, judging whether a hand signal for starting regulation appears, if so, providing a volume and channel regulation interface on a screen; identifying the action strength in the image through an action energy diagram, and identifying the general waving direction of the hand through an action history diagram; and correspondingly regulating the volume and / or the channel according to the direction. In the method, a normal USB (Universal Serial Bus) camera is used for acquiring a hand waving image, the direction of motion is identified based on combination of MHI and MEI, thus, intelligent regulation for the volume and the channel of the television is realized, a remote controller is not needed, and the screen is not contacted, operations of users are facilitated, and user experience is improved.