diff --git a/api/src/controllers/videos.ts b/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
index a51766cd..20c55628 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
+import { and, eq, inArray, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { Elysia, t } from "elysia";
 import { db } from "~/db";
-import { videos as videosT } from "~/db/schema";
+import { entries, entryVideoJoin, shows, videos } from "~/db/schema";
 import { bubbleVideo } from "~/models/examples";
 import { SeedVideo, Video } from "~/models/video";
 import { comment } from "~/utils";
+import { computeVideoSlug } from "./seed/insert/entries";
 
 const CreatedVideo = t.Object({
 	id: t.String({ format: "uuid" }),
-	path: t.String({ example: bubbleVideo.path }),
+	path: t.String({ examples: [bubbleVideo.path] }),
+	// entries: t.Array(
+	// 	t.Object({
+	// 		slug: t.String({ format: "slug", examples: ["bubble-v2"] }),
+	// 	}),
+	// ),
 });
 
-export const videos = new Elysia({ prefix: "/videos", tags: ["videos"] })
+export const videosH = new Elysia({ prefix: "/videos", tags: ["videos"] })
 	.model({
 		video: Video,
 		"created-videos": t.Array(CreatedVideo),
@@ -22,20 +29,101 @@ export const videos = new Elysia({ prefix: "/videos", tags: ["videos"] })
 	.post(
 		"",
 		async ({ body, error }) => {
-			const ret = await db
-				.insert(videosT)
+			const oldRet = await db
+				.insert(videos)
 				.values(body)
 				.onConflictDoNothing()
-				.returning({ id: videosT.id, path: videosT.path });
-			return error(201, ret);
+				.returning({
+					pk: videos.pk,
+					id: videos.id,
+					path: videos.path,
+					guess: videos.guess,
+				});
+			return error(201, oldRet);
+
+			// TODO: this is a huge untested wip
+			const vidsI = db.$with("vidsI").as(
+				db.insert(videos).values(body).onConflictDoNothing().returning({
+					pk: videos.pk,
+					id: videos.id,
+					path: videos.path,
+					guess: videos.guess,
+				}),
+			);
+
+			const findEntriesQ = db
+				.select({
+					guess: videos.guess,
+					entryPk: entries.pk,
+					showSlug: shows.slug,
+					// TODO: handle extras here
+					// guessit can't know if an episode is a special or not. treat specials like a normal episode.
+					kind: sql`
+						case when ${entries.kind} = 'movie' then 'movie' else 'episode' end
+					`.as("kind"),
+					season: entries.seasonNumber,
+					episode: entries.episodeNumber,
+				})
+				.from(entries)
+				.leftJoin(entryVideoJoin, eq(entryVideoJoin.entry, entries.pk))
+				.leftJoin(videos, eq(videos.pk, entryVideoJoin.video))
+				.leftJoin(shows, eq(shows.pk, entries.showPk))
+				.as("find_entries");
+
+			const hasRenderingQ = db
+				.select()
+				.from(entryVideoJoin)
+				.where(eq(entryVideoJoin.entry, findEntriesQ.entryPk));
+
+			const ret = await db
+				.with(vidsI)
+				.insert(entryVideoJoin)
+				.select(
+					db
+						.select({
+							entry: findEntriesQ.entryPk,
+							video: vidsI.pk,
+							slug: computeVideoSlug(
+								findEntriesQ.showSlug,
+								sql`exists(${hasRenderingQ})`,
+							),
+						})
+						.from(vidsI)
+						.leftJoin(
+							findEntriesQ,
+							and(
+								eq(
+									sql`${findEntriesQ.guess}->'title'`,
+									sql`${vidsI.guess}->'title'`,
+								),
+								// TODO: find if @> with a jsonb created on the fly is
+								// better than multiples checks
+								sql`${vidsI.guess} @> {"kind": }::jsonb`,
+								inArray(findEntriesQ.kind, sql`${vidsI.guess}->'type'`),
+								inArray(findEntriesQ.episode, sql`${vidsI.guess}->'episode'`),
+								inArray(findEntriesQ.season, sql`${vidsI.guess}->'season'`),
+							),
+						),
+				)
+				.onConflictDoNothing()
+				.returning({
+					slug: entryVideoJoin.slug,
+					entryPk: entryVideoJoin.entry,
+					id: vidsI.id,
+					path: vidsI.path,
+				});
+			return error(201, ret as any);
 		},
 		{
 			body: t.Array(SeedVideo),
-			response: { 201: "created-videos" },
+			response: { 201: t.Array(CreatedVideo) },
 			detail: {
 				description: comment`
 					Create videos in bulk.
 					Duplicated videos will simply be ignored.
+
+					If a videos has a \`guess\` field, it will be used to automatically register the video under an existing
+					movie or entry.
 				`,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index 5950fd48..348d459b 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { movies } from "./controllers/movies";
 import { seasonsH } from "./controllers/seasons";
 import { seed } from "./controllers/seed";
 import { series } from "./controllers/series";
-import { videos } from "./controllers/videos";
+import { videosH } from "./controllers/videos";
 import { migrate } from "./db";
 import { Image } from "./models/utils";
 import { comment } from "./utils";
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
 	.use(series)
 	.use(entries)
 	.use(seasonsH)
-	.use(videos)
+	.use(videosH)
 	.use(seed)
 	.listen(3000);
 
diff --git a/api/src/models/video.ts b/api/src/models/video.ts
index 502a4f10..85c5057a 100644
--- a/api/src/models/video.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/video.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import { type TSchema, t } from "elysia";
 import { comment } from "../utils";
 import { bubbleVideo, registerExamples } from "./examples";
 
-const Guess = <T extends TSchema>(schema: T) =>
-	t.Optional(t.Union([schema, t.Array(schema)]));
-
 export const Video = t.Object({
 	id: t.String({ format: "uuid" }),
 	slug: t.String({ format: "slug" }),
@@ -40,9 +37,9 @@ export const Video = t.Object({
 			t.Object(
 				{
 					title: t.String(),
-					year: Guess(t.Integer()),
-					season: Guess(t.Integer()),
-					episode: Guess(t.Integer()),
+					year: t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] }),
+					season: t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] }),
+					episode: t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] }),
 					// TODO: maybe replace "extra" with the `extraKind` value (aka behind-the-scene, trailer, etc)
 					type: t.Optional(t.UnionEnum(["episode", "movie", "extra"])),
 
diff --git a/api/tests/helper.ts b/api/tests/helper.ts
index 089570ac..80950c61 100644
--- a/api/tests/helper.ts
+++ b/api/tests/helper.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { base } from "~/base";
 import { movies } from "~/controllers/movies";
 import { seed } from "~/controllers/seed";
 import { series } from "~/controllers/series";
-import { videos } from "~/controllers/videos";
+import { videosH } from "~/controllers/videos";
 import type { SeedMovie } from "~/models/movie";
 import type { SeedVideo } from "~/models/video";
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const app = new Elysia()
 	.use(base)
 	.use(movies)
 	.use(series)
-	.use(videos)
+	.use(videosH)
 	.use(seed);
 
 export const getMovie = async (