Video recording method and device

The invention relates to a video recording method and device, and belongs to the field of information technology. The method includes: obtaining environmental information around a video recording device, the environmental information being used for representing environmental characteristics around the video recording device; detecting whether the environmental information satisfies preset conditions; and when the environmental information satisfies the preset conditions, starting recording of a video. The video recording method detects whether the environmental information around the video recording device satisfies the preset conditions, and starts recording of the video when the environmental information satisfies the preset conditions, thereby solving the problem in related technologies that a video recording process is relatively complex, and achieving an effect that the video recording process is simple and convenient.