diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
index 1d61188..719709d 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class RecordingSession(
 
   data class Video(val path: String, val durationMs: Long, val size: Size)
 
-  private val outputPath: File = File(filePath)
+  // Normalize path - expo-file-system passes file:// URIs but File expects raw paths
+  private val outputPath: File = File(filePath.removePrefix("file://"))
 
   private val bitRate = getBitRate()
   private val recorder = ChunkedRecordingManager.fromParams(
diff --git a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession+Video.swift b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession+Video.swift
index 825b432..35b414b 100644
--- a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession+Video.swift
+++ b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession+Video.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ extension CameraSession {
                       onError: @escaping (_ error: CameraError) -> Void) {
     // Run on Camera Queue
     CameraQueues.cameraQueue.async {
+      // Normalize path - expo-file-system passes file:// URIs but FileManager expects raw paths
+      let normalizedPath = filePath.hasPrefix("file://") ? String(filePath.dropFirst(7)) : filePath
+
       let start = DispatchTime.now()
       ReactLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Starting Video recording...")
 
@@ -98,20 +101,20 @@ extension CameraSession {
         }
       }
 
-      if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: filePath) {
+      if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: normalizedPath) {
         do {
-          try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: filePath, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+          try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: normalizedPath, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
         } catch {
           onError(.capture(.createRecordingDirectoryError(message: error.localizedDescription)))
           return
         }
       }
 
-      ReactLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Will record to temporary file: \(filePath)")
+      ReactLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Will record to temporary file: \(normalizedPath)")
 
       do {
         // Create RecordingSession for the temp file
-        let recordingSession = try RecordingSession(outputDiretory: filePath,
+        let recordingSession = try RecordingSession(outputDiretory: normalizedPath,
                                                     fileType: options.fileType,
                                                     onChunkReady: onChunkReady,
                                                     onChunkError: onChunkError,