This application discloses a video recording method and apparatus of a mobile terminal. The video recording method includes obtaining a target video that is played online, controlling to display a video recording page in which the target video is played, and receiving, via the video recording page that is displayed, a recording instruction for recording the target video. The video recording method further includes entering a recording mode to record the target video, in response to the recording instruction being received, to obtain a first video clip corresponding to video data of the target video, and generating a recorded video of the target video, based on the first video clip.