diff --git a/internal/server/captures.go b/internal/server/captures.go
index fefab9a2..6dd56ba5 100644
--- a/internal/server/captures.go
+++ b/internal/server/captures.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 // captureFieldsByPath overrides the default capture mask for routes carrying
-// large binary payloads (audio/image) where storing the full body is wasteful.
+// large binary payloads (audio/image/video) where storing the full body is
+// wasteful.
 var captureFieldsByPath = map[string]captureFields{
 	"/v1/audio/speech":         captureReqAll | captureRespHeaders,
 	"/v1/audio/voices":         captureReqHeaders | captureRespAll,
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ var captureFieldsByPath = map[string]captureFields{
 	"/v1/images/edits":         captureReqHeaders | captureRespHeaders,
 	"/sdapi/v1/txt2img":        captureReqAll | captureRespHeaders,
 	"/sdapi/v1/img2img":        captureReqHeaders | captureRespHeaders,
+	// video: the request multipart can carry a conditioning frame and the
+	// response body IS the clip — headers only, both directions.
+	"/v1/videos/sync": captureReqHeaders | captureRespHeaders,
 }
 
 // captureFieldsFor returns the capture mask for a request path. Unlisted routes
diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
index 6bb5dded..cf70bb82 100644
--- a/internal/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ var modelPostFormRoutes = []string{
 	"/v1/audio/transcriptions",
 	"/v1/images/edits",
 
-	// video generation (vLLM-Omni / OpenAI videos shape); extraction is
-	// content-type driven, so JSON bodies dispatch on these paths too
-	"/v1/videos",
+	// video generation: ONLY the blocking sync shape (vLLM-Omni
+	// /v1/videos/sync — the response body is the clip). The async
+	// OpenAI-style POST /v1/videos is deliberately NOT dispatched: its
+	// poll/download companions (GET /v1/videos/{id}[/content]) carry no
+	// model field to route by, so registering creation alone would start
+	// unretrievable upstream jobs. Extraction is content-type driven, so
+	// JSON bodies dispatch here too.
 	"/v1/videos/sync",
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/server/server_test.go b/internal/server/server_test.go
index c879c553..964fcb81 100644
--- a/internal/server/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/server_test.go
@@ -348,37 +348,49 @@ func TestServer_VideoRoutesDispatch(t *testing.T) {
 		newStubRouter(nil, ""),
 	)
 
-	// JSON body on /v1/videos.
-	body := strings.NewReader(`{"model":"videogen-model","prompt":"a cat"}`)
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos", body)
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	s.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-	if w.Code != http.StatusOK || w.Body.String() != "video response" {
-		t.Fatalf("/v1/videos: status=%d body=%q", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-	}
-
 	// Multipart form on /v1/videos/sync.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	mw := multipart.NewWriter(&buf)
 	mw.WriteField("model", "videogen-model")
 	mw.WriteField("prompt", "a cat")
 	mw.Close()
-	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos/sync", &buf)
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos/sync", &buf)
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", mw.FormDataContentType())
-	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	s.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK || w.Body.String() != "video response" {
 		t.Fatalf("/v1/videos/sync: status=%d body=%q", w.Code, w.Body.String())
 	}
 
-	// Unknown model on a video route still 404s.
-	body = strings.NewReader(`{"model":"nope","prompt":"a cat"}`)
-	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos", body)
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	// JSON bodies dispatch too (extraction is content-type driven).
+	jsonReq := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos/sync",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"model":"videogen-model","prompt":"a cat"}`))
+	jsonReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	s.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	s.ServeHTTP(w, jsonReq)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusOK || w.Body.String() != "video response" {
+		t.Fatalf("/v1/videos/sync json: status=%d body=%q", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// Unknown model on the video route still 404s.
+	nopeReq := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos/sync",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"model":"nope","prompt":"a cat"}`))
+	nopeReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.ServeHTTP(w, nopeReq)
 	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
-		t.Fatalf("/v1/videos unknown model: status=%d want 404", w.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("/v1/videos/sync unknown model: status=%d want 404", w.Code)
+	}
+
+	// The async job-creation route is NOT dispatched (no poll routes to
+	// complete the flow) — a stray OpenAI-videos client gets a clean 404
+	// instead of an unretrievable upstream job.
+	asyncReq := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/videos",
+		strings.NewReader(`{"model":"videogen-model","prompt":"a cat"}`))
+	asyncReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.ServeHTTP(w, asyncReq)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("POST /v1/videos: status=%d want 404 (async family not routed)", w.Code)
 	}
 }