diff --git a/engine/include/oakengine/footage.h b/engine/include/oakengine/footage.h
index 978c6f100..bfe040b0f 100644
--- a/engine/include/oakengine/footage.h
+++ b/engine/include/oakengine/footage.h
@@ -200,6 +200,88 @@ OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_get_source_start_time(
 OAKENGINE_API OakEngineFootage *oakengine_project_import_footage(
 	OakEngineProject *project, const char *path);
 
+/* ---- Media management: relink and proxies -----------------------------------
+ *
+ * These functions operate on BORROWED import handles (footage nodes living
+ * in a project). Probe handles carry no node and are rejected with
+ * OAKENGINE_E_INVALID everywhere in this section. Relinking and proxy
+ * state changes are not undoable in the engine (the application's relink
+ * and proxy dialogs call the same setters directly).
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Point the footage at a different media file (relink).
+ *
+ * Calls Footage::set_filename(), which triggers the engine's full reprobe
+ * cascade (Footage::clear(): streams, decoder link and the proxy state are
+ * reset before re-probing). Fails with OAKENGINE_E_NOT_FOUND when
+ * `new_path` does not exist, and with OAKENGINE_E_FAILED when the new file
+ * cannot be probed as media. Not undoable (same as the application's
+ * relink dialog).
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_relink(OakEngineFootage *footage,
+										   const char *new_path);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Try to bring every offline footage item in the project back
+ * online by looking up its file name under `search_dir`.
+ *
+ * Simplified version of the application's relink dialog matching: each
+ * footage whose stored filename does not exist is relinked to
+ * `search_dir`/<file name> when that file exists (exact file-name match,
+ * no recursion). Returns the number of relinked items (>= 0) or a negative
+ * code.
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int
+oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(OakEngineProject *project,
+									   const char *search_dir);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Proxy state (olive::ProxyManager::ProxyState): 0 = missing,
+ * 1 = generating, 2 = ready, 3 = failed.
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(OakEngineFootage *self);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Generate the proxy synchronously
+ * (ProxyManager::get_or_start_proxy() + wait).
+ *
+ * Drives the proxy task with an event loop like the export family (the
+ * engine hands proxy tasks to the TaskManager thread via queued calls, so
+ * the calling thread must process events while waiting; up to 120 s). A
+ * ready proxy is a success; a failed generation returns
+ * OAKENGINE_E_FAILED with the reason in oakengine_footage_last_error().
+ * Not undoable.
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_generate(OakEngineFootage *self);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Delete the proxy file (and any in-progress working file) and
+ * reset the footage's proxy state (mirrors the application's proxy
+ * dialog). Not undoable.
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_delete(OakEngineFootage *self);
+
+/**
+ * @brief 1 if proxy usage is enabled for this footage
+ * (Footage::proxy_enabled()).
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(OakEngineFootage *self);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Enable or disable proxy usage (Footage::set_proxy_enabled(); not
+ * undoable).
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_set_enabled(OakEngineFootage *self,
+													  int enabled);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Path of the proxy file (Footage::proxy_path(); empty when the
+ * footage has no proxy). buf/size convention.
+ */
+OAKENGINE_API int oakengine_footage_proxy_get_path(OakEngineFootage *self,
+												   char *buf, int buf_size);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/engine/src/capi/footage.cpp b/engine/src/capi/footage.cpp
index 37581be03..e6de06519 100644
--- a/engine/src/capi/footage.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/capi/footage.cpp
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@
 
 #include "oakengine/footage.h"
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <cstdio>
 
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QElapsedTimer>
+#include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QString>
+#include <QThread>
 
 #include "codec/decoder.h"
+#include "codec/proxymanager.h"
 #include "coreengine.h"
 #include "node/nodeundo.h"
 #include "node/project.h"
@@ -124,6 +131,24 @@ QString filename_of(const OakEngineFootageState *s)
 	return s->node ? s->node->filename() : s->filename;
 }
 
+// The footage node of a borrowed handle, or nullptr (probe handles have no
+// node). Shared validation for the media-management section; sets the
+// error string.
+olive::Footage *borrowed_node(OakEngineFootage *self)
+{
+	if (!self) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("invalid footage handle"));
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+	olive::Footage *node = impl(self)->node;
+	if (!node) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral(
+			"probe handles carry no project node; import the media first"));
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+	return node;
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 // Internal cross-family accessor (not part of the public C ABI): returns
@@ -358,4 +383,196 @@ OakEngineFootage *oakengine_project_import_footage(OakEngineProject *project,
 	return wrap(state);
 }
 
+int oakengine_footage_relink(OakEngineFootage *footage, const char *new_path)
+{
+	set_error(QString());
+	if (!new_path) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("invalid path"));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	olive::Footage *node = borrowed_node(footage);
+	if (!node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	const QString path = QString::fromUtf8(new_path);
+	if (!QFileInfo::exists(path)) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("file does not exist: %1").arg(path));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_NOT_FOUND;
+	}
+
+	// Same as the application's relink dialog: set_filename() triggers
+	// clear() (streams, decoder and proxy state reset) and a reprobe.
+	node->set_filename(path);
+	node->set_label(QFileInfo(path).fileName());
+	if (!node->is_valid()) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("failed to probe \"%1\" as media")
+					  .arg(path));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_FAILED;
+	}
+	return OAKENGINE_OK;
+}
+
+int oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(OakEngineProject *project,
+										   const char *search_dir)
+{
+	set_error(QString());
+	olive::Project *p = reinterpret_cast<olive::Project *>(project);
+	if (!p || !search_dir) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("invalid arguments"));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	const QDir dir(QString::fromUtf8(search_dir));
+	if (!dir.exists()) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("directory does not exist: %1")
+					  .arg(search_dir));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+
+	int relinked = 0;
+	for (olive::Node *n : p->nodes()) {
+		olive::Footage *footage = dynamic_cast<olive::Footage *>(n);
+		if (!footage) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		const QString filename = footage->filename();
+		if (filename.isEmpty() || QFileInfo::exists(filename)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		// Exact file-name match in the search directory (no recursion).
+		const QString candidate =
+			dir.filePath(QFileInfo(filename).fileName());
+		if (QFileInfo::exists(candidate)) {
+			footage->set_filename(candidate);
+			footage->set_label(QFileInfo(candidate).fileName());
+			if (footage->is_valid()) {
+				relinked++;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return relinked;
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(OakEngineFootage *self)
+{
+	if (!self || !impl(self)->node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	return int(impl(self)->node->proxy_state());
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_generate(OakEngineFootage *self)
+{
+	set_error(QString());
+	olive::Footage *node = borrowed_node(self);
+	if (!node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	if (!olive::ProxyManager::instance()) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("engine not initialized"));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_STATE;
+	}
+	olive::Project *project = node->project();
+	if (!project) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("footage is not part of a project"));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	const QString filename = node->filename();
+	if (!QFileInfo::exists(filename)) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("source file does not exist: %1")
+					  .arg(filename));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_NOT_FOUND;
+	}
+	if (node->get_video_stream_count() < 1) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("footage has no video stream to proxy"));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+
+	const int stream_index = node->get_video_params(0).stream_index();
+	const olive::ProxyManager::ProxyParams params =
+		olive::ProxyManager::proxy_params_from_config();
+
+	// Same assembly as the application's proxy dialog.
+	olive::ProxyManager::Proxy proxy =
+		olive::ProxyManager::instance()->get_or_start_proxy(
+			project->cache_path(), filename, stream_index, params);
+	node->set_proxy(proxy.filename, proxy.state, stream_index,
+					params.version, true);
+	node->invalidate_all(olive::Footage::k_filename_input);
+
+	if (proxy.state == olive::ProxyManager::k_proxy_ready) {
+		return OAKENGINE_OK;
+	}
+
+	// Wait for completion with an event loop, like the export family: the
+	// proxy task finishes on the TaskManager thread and its completion
+	// signal is queued back to this thread (up to 120 s).
+	QElapsedTimer timer;
+	timer.start();
+	while (node->proxy_state() == olive::ProxyManager::k_proxy_generating &&
+		   !timer.hasExpired(120000)) {
+		QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents, 20);
+		QThread::msleep(5);
+	}
+
+	if (node->proxy_state() == olive::ProxyManager::k_proxy_ready) {
+		return OAKENGINE_OK;
+	}
+	if (node->proxy_state() == olive::ProxyManager::k_proxy_failed) {
+		set_error(QStringLiteral("proxy generation failed for \"%1\"")
+					  .arg(filename));
+		return OAKENGINE_E_FAILED;
+	}
+	set_error(QStringLiteral("proxy generation timed out for \"%1\"")
+				  .arg(filename));
+	return OAKENGINE_E_FAILED;
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_delete(OakEngineFootage *self)
+{
+	set_error(QString());
+	olive::Footage *node = borrowed_node(self);
+	if (!node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	// Mirrors the application's proxy dialog: remove the finished and the
+	// in-progress working file, then reset the proxy state.
+	if (!node->proxy_path().isEmpty()) {
+		QFile::remove(node->proxy_path());
+		QFile::remove(
+			olive::ProxyManager::get_working_proxy_filename(
+				node->proxy_path()));
+	}
+	node->clear_proxy();
+	node->invalidate_all(olive::Footage::k_filename_input);
+	return OAKENGINE_OK;
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(OakEngineFootage *self)
+{
+	if (!self || !impl(self)->node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	return impl(self)->node->proxy_enabled() ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_set_enabled(OakEngineFootage *self, int enabled)
+{
+	set_error(QString());
+	olive::Footage *node = borrowed_node(self);
+	if (!node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	node->set_proxy_enabled(enabled != 0);
+	return OAKENGINE_OK;
+}
+
+int oakengine_footage_proxy_get_path(OakEngineFootage *self, char *buf,
+									 int buf_size)
+{
+	if (!self || !impl(self)->node) {
+		return OAKENGINE_E_INVALID;
+	}
+	return string_to_buf(impl(self)->node->proxy_path(), buf, buf_size);
+}
+
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/engine/tests/oakengine_footage_test.cpp b/engine/tests/oakengine_footage_test.cpp
index 4f18535be..9b6520fc7 100644
--- a/engine/tests/oakengine_footage_test.cpp
+++ b/engine/tests/oakengine_footage_test.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,177 @@ static void test_failures(void)
 		   OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
 }
 
+// Copy a file in C (used to stage a deletable media copy).
+static void copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+	FILE *in = fopen(src, "rb");
+	assert(in != NULL);
+	FILE *out = fopen(dst, "wb");
+	assert(out != NULL);
+	char chunk[65536];
+	size_t n;
+	while ((n = fread(chunk, 1, sizeof(chunk), in)) > 0) {
+		assert(fwrite(chunk, 1, n, out) == n);
+	}
+	fclose(out);
+	fclose(in);
+}
+
+static void test_relink(void)
+{
+	assert(oakengine_init(OAKENGINE_INIT_HEADLESS) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+
+	OakEngineProject *project = oakengine_project_create();
+	assert(project != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_project_new(project) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+
+	char path[4096], img[4096], missing[4096], txt[4096];
+	demo_path(path, sizeof(path));
+	snprintf(img, sizeof(img), "%s/tests/img.png", OAK_TEST_SOURCE_DIR);
+	snprintf(missing, sizeof(missing), "%s/tests/not-there.mp4",
+			 OAK_TEST_SOURCE_DIR);
+	snprintf(txt, sizeof(txt), "%s/not-media.txt", g_tmpdir);
+	{
+		FILE *f = fopen(txt, "w");
+		assert(f != NULL);
+		fputs("not media\n", f);
+		fclose(f);
+	}
+
+	OakEngineFootage *f = oakengine_project_import_footage(project, path);
+	assert(f != NULL);
+
+	// Missing target, non-media target, probe handles, NULL.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(f, missing) == OAKENGINE_E_NOT_FOUND);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(f, txt) == OAKENGINE_E_FAILED);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(NULL, path) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	OakEngineFootage *probed = oakengine_footage_probe(path);
+	assert(probed != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(probed, img) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	oakengine_footage_free(probed);
+
+	// Relink to the same file: still valid, still online.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(f, path) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_is_online(f) == 1);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_get_video_stream_count(f) == 1);
+
+	// Relink to a still image: decoder/filename update.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(f, img) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	char filename[4096];
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_filename(project, 0, filename,
+											  sizeof(filename)) > 0);
+	assert(strcmp(filename, img) == 0);
+	char decoder[64];
+	assert(oakengine_footage_get_decoder_name(f, decoder,
+											  sizeof(decoder)) > 0);
+	assert(strlen(decoder) > 0);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_get_video_stream_count(f) >= 1);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_is_online(f) == 1);
+
+	// And back to the demo file.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_relink(f, path) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_filename(project, 0, filename,
+											  sizeof(filename)) > 0);
+	assert(strcmp(filename, path) == 0);
+
+	oakengine_footage_free(f);
+	oakengine_project_free(project);
+}
+
+static void test_find_offline(void)
+{
+	OakEngineProject *project = oakengine_project_create();
+	assert(project != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_project_new(project) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+
+	// Import a staged copy, then delete it so the footage goes offline.
+	char staged[4096], tests_dir[4096];
+	snprintf(staged, sizeof(staged), "%s/demo.mp4", g_tmpdir);
+	snprintf(tests_dir, sizeof(tests_dir), "%s/tests", OAK_TEST_SOURCE_DIR);
+	char path[4096];
+	demo_path(path, sizeof(path));
+	copy_file(path, staged);
+
+	OakEngineFootage *f = oakengine_project_import_footage(project, staged);
+	assert(f != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_is_online(project, 0) == 1);
+	assert(remove(staged) == 0);
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_is_online(project, 0) == 0);
+
+	// The search directory has a file with the same name: relinked.
+	assert(oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(project, tests_dir) == 1);
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_is_online(project, 0) == 1);
+	char filename[4096];
+	assert(oakengine_project_footage_filename(project, 0, filename,
+											  sizeof(filename)) > 0);
+	assert(strcmp(filename, path) == 0);
+
+	// Nothing left to do; a missing search directory is an error.
+	assert(oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(project, tests_dir) == 0);
+	assert(oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(project,
+												  "/definitely/not/here") ==
+		   OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	assert(oakengine_project_find_offline_footage(NULL, tests_dir) ==
+		   OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+
+	oakengine_footage_free(f);
+	oakengine_project_free(project);
+}
+
+static void test_proxy(void)
+{
+	OakEngineProject *project = oakengine_project_create();
+	assert(project != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_project_new(project) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+
+	char path[4096];
+	demo_path(path, sizeof(path));
+	OakEngineFootage *f = oakengine_project_import_footage(project, path);
+	assert(f != NULL);
+
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(f) == 0); // missing
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(NULL) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+
+	// Generate synchronously (CPU transcode of the 17 s demo file).
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_generate(f) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(f) == 2); // ready
+	char proxy_path[4096];
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_path(f, proxy_path,
+											sizeof(proxy_path)) > 0);
+	FILE *pf = fopen(proxy_path, "rb");
+	assert(pf != NULL);
+	fclose(pf);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(f) == 1);
+
+	// Enable/disable round-trip.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_set_enabled(f, 0) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(f) == 0);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_set_enabled(f, 1) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(f) == 1);
+
+	// Delete: state and file are gone.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_delete(f) == OAKENGINE_OK);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_state(f) == 0);
+	assert(fopen(proxy_path, "rb") == NULL);
+
+	// Error paths.
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_generate(NULL) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_delete(NULL) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_set_enabled(NULL, 1) ==
+		   OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_get_path(NULL, proxy_path,
+											sizeof(proxy_path)) ==
+		   OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_is_enabled(NULL) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	OakEngineFootage *probed = oakengine_footage_probe(path);
+	assert(probed != NULL);
+	assert(oakengine_footage_proxy_generate(probed) == OAKENGINE_E_INVALID);
+	oakengine_footage_free(probed);
+
+	oakengine_footage_free(f);
+	oakengine_project_free(project);
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	make_tmpdir();
@@ -255,6 +426,9 @@ int main(void)
 	test_probe();
 	test_import();
 	test_failures();
+	test_relink();
+	test_find_offline();
+	test_proxy();
 
 	assert(oakengine_shutdown() == OAKENGINE_OK);