Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for automated slow motion video recording. An example method can include storing, in a buffer, a sequence of ordered frames captured by an image sensor; sending, for display, a first frame from the sequence of ordered frames in the buffer at a time interval; calculating an amount of motion between the first frame in the buffer and a second frame in the buffer; determining, based on the amount of motion, a frame rate for encoding a set of frames from the sequence of ordered frames in the buffer, the set of frames including the second frame in the buffer and one or more frames sequentially between the first frame and the second frame; and encoding the set of frames at the frame rate determined.