diff --git a/Services/ClipRing.cs b/Services/ClipRing.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace ytLive.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TASK 65: the replay buffer's memory. ffmpeg writes fragmented MP4 to a pipe; the app keeps the last
+/// N seconds of those fragments here and hands them back whole.
+///
+/// <para><b>Why encoded bytes and not frames:</b> a 1080p BGRA composite frame is 8.3 MB, so fifteen
+/// seconds at 60 fps is ~7.4 GB of raw frames. The 15 MB figure is the compressed stream, and only that
+/// fits in RAM. <b>Why whole fragments:</b> a fragment is the smallest thing that can be replayed, so the
+/// cap is a byte cap and the clip may be slightly shorter than the requested seconds — never corrupt.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ClipRing
+{
+    private readonly long _capBytes;
+    private readonly Queue<byte[]> _fragments = new();
+    private byte[]? _init;
+    private long _bytes;
+
+    public ClipRing(long capBytes)
+    {
+        if (capBytes <= 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(capBytes));
+        _capBytes = capBytes;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The stream's initialisation segment (ftyp + moov). Every replayable file needs it, and
+    /// it does not rotate — it is written once per encoder start.</summary>
+    public void SetInit(byte[] init)
+    {
+        _init = init ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(init));
+        RecomputeBytes();
+        Trim();
+    }
+
+    public void Append(byte[] fragment)
+    {
+        if (fragment is null || fragment.Length == 0) return;
+        _fragments.Enqueue(fragment);
+        _bytes += fragment.Length;
+        Trim();
+    }
+
+    public long Bytes => _bytes;
+    public int FragmentCount => _fragments.Count;
+    public bool IsEmpty => _init is null || _fragments.Count == 0;
+
+    /// <summary>The bytes of a playable clip, init first. Empty array when nothing has been buffered —
+    /// the caller must not write a zero-byte file (a failed save is better than a file that won't open).</summary>
+    public byte[] Snapshot()
+    {
+        if (IsEmpty) return Array.Empty<byte>();
+        var total = _init!.Length;
+        foreach (var fragment in _fragments) total += fragment.Length;
+
+        var output = new byte[total];
+        var offset = 0;
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(_init, 0, output, offset, _init.Length);
+        offset += _init.Length;
+        foreach (var fragment in _fragments)
+        {
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(fragment, 0, output, offset, fragment.Length);
+            offset += fragment.Length;
+        }
+        return output;
+    }
+
+    public void Clear()
+    {
+        _fragments.Clear();
+        _init = null;
+        _bytes = 0;
+    }
+
+    private void RecomputeBytes()
+    {
+        _bytes = _init?.Length ?? 0;
+        foreach (var fragment in _fragments) _bytes += fragment.Length;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Drop oldest fragments until the ring fits. Newest data always wins: a clip that ends at
+    /// the moment the creator pressed the key is the whole point.</summary>
+    private void Trim()
+    {
+        while (_fragments.Count > 0 && _bytes > _capBytes)
+        {
+            _bytes -= _fragments.Dequeue().Length;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/ClipRingTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/ClipRingTests.cs
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+using System;
+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.Services;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TASK 65 slice 1 — the replay ring as pure memory.
+///
+/// <para>The two rules that matter and are easy to break later: the cap is by <b>bytes</b> (bitrate moves,
+/// seconds do not), and a snapshot is always init-segment-first, because an MP4 without its moov is not a
+/// video, it is noise.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ClipRingTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Snapshot_IsInitThenFragmentsInOrder()
+    {
+        var ring = new ClipRing(1024);
+        ring.SetInit(new byte[] { 1, 2 });
+        ring.Append(new byte[] { 3 });
+        ring.Append(new byte[] { 4, 5 });
+
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, ring.Snapshot());
+        Assert.Equal(5, ring.Bytes);
+        Assert.Equal(2, ring.FragmentCount);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TheCapDropsOldestFragments_SoTheClipEndsAtTheKeypress()
+    {
+        var ring = new ClipRing(capBytes: 10);
+        ring.SetInit(new byte[2]);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) ring.Append(new byte[3]);   // 2 + 15 = 17 → trims
+
+        Assert.True(ring.Bytes <= 10);
+        Assert.Equal(2, ring.FragmentCount);                    // newest two survive
+
+        var snapshot = ring.Snapshot();
+        Assert.Equal(2 + 3 + 3, snapshot.Length);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NothingBuffered_SnapshotsEmpty_SoTheCallerCannotWriteAZeroByteFile()
+    {
+        var ring = new ClipRing(1024);
+        Assert.True(ring.IsEmpty);
+        Assert.Empty(ring.Snapshot());
+
+        ring.SetInit(new byte[4]);
+        Assert.True(ring.IsEmpty);                              // init alone is not a clip
+        Assert.Empty(ring.Snapshot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ClearForgetsTheInit_SoTheNextEncoderStartCannotReuseAStaleHeader()
+    {
+        var ring = new ClipRing(1024);
+        ring.SetInit(new byte[] { 9 });
+        ring.Append(new byte[] { 8 });
+        ring.Clear();
+
+        Assert.True(ring.IsEmpty);
+        Assert.Equal(0, ring.Bytes);
+        ring.Append(new byte[] { 7 });
+        Assert.Empty(ring.Snapshot());                          // still no init → not playable
+    }
+}