diff --git a/Services/ClipLibrary.cs b/Services/ClipLibrary.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace ytLive.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TASK 65: where clips live and how many survive.
+///
+/// <para><b>Not clip management.</b> There is no gallery, no naming, no per-clip decision. A clip is
+/// written to <c>clips\</c>, the oldest is deleted when the next one lands, and the only knobs are the
+/// length (10 or 15 s) and how many to keep (3, 4 or 5). Anything richer belongs to a video editor.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ClipLibrary
+{
+    public const string Extension = ".mp4";
+    public const string FilePrefix = "clip-";
+
+    private readonly Func<string> _folder;
+
+    public ClipLibrary(Func<string> folder) => _folder = folder;
+
+    /// <summary>Bytes the ring should hold for a length and bitrate, with 25% headroom for bitrate
+    /// movement. This is a memory cap, not a duration — the ring trims whole fragments.</summary>
+    public static long RingBytesFor(int seconds, int bitrateKbps)
+        => Math.Max(1, seconds) * (long)bitrateKbps * 1000 / 8 * 5 / 4;
+
+    /// <summary>Writes a clip and prunes to <paramref name="keep"/>; returns the file path, or null when
+    /// there was nothing to write (an empty snapshot must never become a zero-byte file).</summary>
+    public string? Save(byte[] mp4Bytes, DateTime nowLocal, int keep)
+    {
+        if (mp4Bytes.Length == 0) return null;
+        try
+        {
+            var folder = EnsureFolder();
+            var path = Path.Combine(folder, $"{FilePrefix}{nowLocal:yyyyMMdd-HHmmss}{Extension}");
+            var unique = path;
+            for (var n = 2; File.Exists(unique); n++)
+                unique = Path.Combine(folder, $"{FilePrefix}{nowLocal:yyyyMMdd-HHmmss}-{n}{Extension}");
+
+            File.WriteAllBytes(unique, mp4Bytes);
+            Prune(keep);
+            return unique;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Helpers.AppLog.Write(ex, "Clip save failed");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Newest first. The replay layer's playlist is this list, so its order matters.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> Recent()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var folder = EnsureFolder();
+            return Directory.EnumerateFiles(folder, FilePrefix + "*" + Extension)
+                .OrderByDescending(p => p, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .ToList();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Helpers.AppLog.Write(ex, "Clip list failed");
+            return Array.Empty<string>();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Deletes everything past the retention count. Missing folders are not an error.</summary>
+    public int Prune(int keep)
+    {
+        if (keep < 1) keep = 1;
+        var removed = 0;
+        foreach (var stale in Recent().Skip(keep))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                File.Delete(stale);
+                removed++;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Helpers.AppLog.Write(ex, $"Clip prune failed: {stale}");
+            }
+        }
+        return removed;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The folder beside the recordings, created on demand.</summary>
+    public string EnsureFolder()
+    {
+        var folder = Path.Combine(_folder(), "clips");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(folder);
+        return folder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/ClipLibraryTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/ClipLibraryTests.cs
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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.Services;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TASK 65 slice 3 — clips on disk, with retention and nothing else.
+///
+/// <para>The rule: write one file, delete the oldest past the count. No gallery, no prompt. The tests pin
+/// the two ways that could go wrong — a zero-byte clip from an empty ring, and pruning taking something
+/// that isn't ours.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ClipLibraryTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _root = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"ytLlive-clips-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+
+    public ClipLibraryTests() => Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        try { Directory.Delete(_root, recursive: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+    }
+
+    private ClipLibrary Library() => new(() => _root);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SaveWritesIntoClipsBesideTheRecordings()
+    {
+        var path = Library().Save(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, DateTime.Now, keep: 3);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(path);
+        Assert.EndsWith(".mp4", path);
+        Assert.Equal(Path.Combine(_root, "clips"), Path.GetDirectoryName(path));
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(path));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AnEmptySnapshotNeverBecomesAZeroByteFile()
+    {
+        Assert.Null(Library().Save(Array.Empty<byte>(), DateTime.Now, keep: 3));
+        Assert.False(Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(_root, "clips"))
+                     && Directory.EnumerateFiles(Path.Combine(_root, "clips")).Any());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RetentionKeepsTheNewestAndDeletesTheRest()
+    {
+        var library = Library();
+        var folder = library.EnsureFolder();
+        for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(folder, $"clip-20261110-12000{i}.mp4"), "x");
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(folder, "someone-elses-file.mp4"), "keep me");
+
+        var removed = library.Prune(keep: 3);
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, removed);
+        var remaining = library.Recent();
+        Assert.Equal(3, remaining.Count);
+        Assert.Contains("120005", remaining[0]);        // newest first
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(folder, "someone-elses-file.mp4")));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RingBytesFollowLengthAndBitrate_WithHeadroom()
+    {
+        var tenAt8 = ClipLibrary.RingBytesFor(10, 8000);
+        var fifteenAt8 = ClipLibrary.RingBytesFor(15, 8000);
+
+        Assert.True(tenAt8 > 10L * 8000 * 1000 / 8);          // more than the exact wire size
+        Assert.True(fifteenAt8 > tenAt8);
+        Assert.True(tenAt8 < 15L * 1024 * 1024);               // and still modest
+    }
+}