A system for recording a video session includes a video server and a client coupled to the video server using a communication path. The video server communicates a start record command. The client determines the processing capacity of the client and establishes a recording interval in response to the determined processing capacity. The recording interval indicates a time between a first recording time and a second recording time. The client records a first video frame at the first recording time in response to the start record command, and records a second video frame at the second recording time. The first video frame includes first video data and the second video frame includes second video data. The client generates a video sub-frame comprising the second video data that is different from the first video data.