diff --git a/src/engines/BaseEngine.py b/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
index 7624c99..3a56afd 100644
--- a/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import gradio as gr
+import moviepy.editor as mp
+
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from sqlalchemy.future import select
 
 from ..chore import GenerationContext
+from ..models import SessionLocal, File
 
 
 class BaseEngine(ABC):
@@ -17,3 +21,45 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def get_options():
         ...
+
+    def get_video_duration(self, path: str) -> float:
+        return mp.VideoFileClip(path).duration
+
+    def get_audio_duration(self, path: str) -> float:
+        return mp.AudioFileClip(path).duration
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_assets(cls, *, type: str = None) -> list[File]:
+        with SessionLocal() as db:
+            if type:
+                return (
+                    db.execute(
+                        select(File).filter(
+                            File.type == type, File.provider == cls.name
+                        )
+                    )
+                    .scalars()
+                    .all()
+                )
+            else:
+                return (
+                    db.execute(select(File).filter(File.provider == cls.name))
+                    .scalars()
+                    .all()
+                )
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def add_asset(cls, *, path: str, metadata: dict, type: str = None):
+        with SessionLocal() as db:
+            db.add(File(path=path, data=metadata, type=type, provider=cls.name))
+            db.commit()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def remove_asset(cls, *, path: str):
+        with SessionLocal() as db:
+            db.execute(select(File).filter(File.path == path)).delete()
+            db.commit()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_settings(cls):
+        ...
diff --git a/src/engines/__init__.py b/src/engines/__init__.py
index 2d88daa..faa5db0 100644
--- a/src/engines/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engines/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from . import LLMEngine
 from . import CaptioningEngine
 from . import AssetsEngine
 from . import SettingsEngine
+from . import BackgroundEngine
+
 
 class EngineDict(TypedDict):
     classes: list[BaseEngine]
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ ENGINES: dict[str, EngineDict] = {
         "multiple": False,
         "show_dropdown": False,
     },
-
     "SimpleLLMEngine": {
         "classes": [LLMEngine.OpenaiLLMEngine, LLMEngine.AnthropicLLMEngine],
         "multiple": False,
@@ -47,4 +48,8 @@ ENGINES: dict[str, EngineDict] = {
         "classes": [AssetsEngine.DallEAssetsEngine, NoneEngine],
         "multiple": True,
     },
+    "BackgroundEngine": {
+        "classes": [BackgroundEngine.SimpleBackgroundEngine, NoneEngine],
+        "multiple": False,
+    },
 }