diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerAssetsPath.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerAssetsPath.java
index 804d90491f9bf..c4ea2c03dc281 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerAssetsPath.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerAssetsPath.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public DockerAssetsPath(String hostPath, String containerPath) {
     this.containerPath = containerPath;
   }
 
+  public String getHostPath() {
+    return this.hostPath;
+  }
+
   public String getHostPath(SessionId id) {
     return this.hostPath + File.separator + id;
   }
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerOptions.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerOptions.java
index 8c752c8ae39fd..5866375988ddb 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerOptions.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerOptions.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class DockerOptions {
   static final String DOCKER_SECTION = "docker";
   static final String DEFAULT_ASSETS_PATH = "/opt/selenium/assets";
   static final String DEFAULT_DOCKER_URL = "unix:/var/run/docker.sock";
-  static final String DEFAULT_VIDEO_IMAGE = "selenium/video:latest";
+  static final String DEFAULT_VIDEO_IMAGE = "false";
   static final int DEFAULT_MAX_SESSIONS = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
   private static final String DEFAULT_DOCKER_NETWORK = "bridge";
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DockerOptions.class.getName());
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ public Map<Capabilities, Collection<SessionFactory>> getDockerSessionFactories(
 
     loadImages(docker, kinds.keySet().toArray(new String[0]));
     Image videoImage = getVideoImage(docker);
-    loadImages(docker, videoImage.getName());
+    if (videoImage != null) {
+      loadImages(docker, videoImage.getName());
+    }
 
     // Hard coding the config section value "node" to avoid an extra dependency
     int maxContainerCount =
@@ -224,6 +226,9 @@ protected List<Device> getDevicesMapping() {
 
   private Image getVideoImage(Docker docker) {
     String videoImage = config.get(DOCKER_SECTION, "video-image").orElse(DEFAULT_VIDEO_IMAGE);
+    if (videoImage.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return docker.getImage(videoImage);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerSessionFactory.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerSessionFactory.java
index 3cc1d4ab68911..65b322674662f 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerSessionFactory.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/node/docker/DockerSessionFactory.java
@@ -286,7 +286,15 @@ private Capabilities addForwardCdpEndpoint(
   }
 
   private Container createBrowserContainer(int port, Capabilities sessionCapabilities) {
-    Map<String, String> browserContainerEnvVars = getBrowserContainerEnvVars(sessionCapabilities);
+    Map<String, String> browserContainerEnvVars = new HashMap<>();
+    // Enable env var to trigger video recording if session capabilities request and external video
+    // container is disabled
+    if (videoImage == null && recordVideoForSession(sessionCapabilities)) {
+      browserContainerEnvVars.put("SE_RECORD_VIDEO", "true");
+      browserContainerEnvVars.put("SE_VIDEO_FILE_NAME", "auto");
+      browserContainerEnvVars.put("SE_VIDEO_RECORD_STANDALONE", "true");
+    }
+    browserContainerEnvVars.putAll(getBrowserContainerEnvVars(sessionCapabilities));
     long browserContainerShmMemorySize = 2147483648L; // 2GB
     ContainerConfig containerConfig =
         image(browserImage)
@@ -295,6 +303,10 @@ private Container createBrowserContainer(int port, Capabilities sessionCapabilit
             .network(networkName)
             .devices(devices)
             .applyHostConfig(hostConfig, hostConfigKeys);
+    Optional<DockerAssetsPath> path = ofNullable(this.assetsPath);
+    if (path.isPresent() && videoImage == null && recordVideoForSession(sessionCapabilities)) {
+      containerConfig.bind(Collections.singletonMap(this.assetsPath.getHostPath(), "/videos"));
+    }
     if (!runningInDocker) {
       containerConfig = containerConfig.map(Port.tcp(4444), Port.tcp(port));
     }
@@ -335,7 +347,7 @@ private void setCapsToEnvVars(
 
   private Container startVideoContainer(
       Capabilities sessionCapabilities, String browserContainerIp, String hostPath) {
-    if (!recordVideoForSession(sessionCapabilities)) {
+    if (videoImage == null || !recordVideoForSession(sessionCapabilities)) {
       return null;
     }
     int videoPort = 9000;