A method and apparatus for recording video are disclosed in embodiment of that present application. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a first coordinate sequence including at least two coordinates in a first coordinate system, and starting information and ending information corresponding to the first coordinate sequence; controlling the target device to display the interface of the map navigation application installed on the screen, and setting the map navigation application based on the starting point information and the ending point information; controlling a target deviceto start recording screen, selecting coordinates from a first coordinate sequence, and performing that following recording steps: converting the selected coordinates into coordinates in a second coordinatesystem; based on the converted coordinates, using the map navigation application for navigation; determining whether there are unselected coordinates in the first coordinate sequence; in response todetermining that there arenot unselected coordinates, stopping the recording, and obtaining the recorded video. This embodiment realizes the automatic recording of the video of the map navigation application at the time of navigation.