diff --git a/Services/Compositor/ScoreboardRenderer.cs b/Services/Compositor/ScoreboardRenderer.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using ytLive.Models;
+
+namespace ytLive.Services.Compositor;
+
+/// <summary>How the scoreboard strip is painted. Same knobs as the social bar, because the creator
+/// asked for the same controls in the same place (2026-10-30).</summary>
+public readonly record struct ScoreboardStyle(
+    string TextColor = "#FFFFFF",
+    bool BackgroundEnabled = true,
+    string BackgroundColor = "#000000",
+    double BackgroundOpacity = 0.55,
+    double FontSize = ScoreboardLayout.MaxFontSize,
+    double SeparatorOpacity = 0.45);
+
+/// <summary>Rasterises the scoreboard strip (one line, shrinking/wrapping via
+/// <see cref="ScoreboardLayout.FitLine"/>) into a straight-alpha BGRA frame the compositor blits.
+///
+/// <para>Static by design: the strip holds state, not events — everything enabled is always
+/// visible, nothing waits its turn. It therefore rasterises only when a value changes, which is why
+/// the renderer takes plain strings and the caller keeps the cache.</para></summary>
+public static class ScoreboardRenderer
+{
+    public const int Width = 1920;
+    private const double PaddingX = 24;
+    private const double PaddingY = 8;
+    private const double SeparatorGap = 26;
+
+    public static VideoFrame? Render(IReadOnlyList<string>? tiles, ScoreboardStyle style)
+    {
+        var texts = tiles?.Where(t => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(t)).Select(t => t.Trim()).ToList();
+        if (texts is not { Count: > 0 }) return null;
+
+        var typeface = new Typeface(OutputPalette.Sans, FontStyles.Normal, FontWeights.SemiBold, FontStretches.Normal);
+        var requested = Math.Clamp(style.FontSize, ScoreboardLayout.FloorFontSize, ScoreboardLayout.MaxFontSize);
+
+        double Measure(string text, double size) =>
+            new FormattedText(text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, FlowDirection.LeftToRight,
+                typeface, size, Brushes.White, pixelsPerDip: 1.0).WidthIncludingTrailingWhitespace;
+
+        var widths = texts.Select(t => Measure(t, requested)).ToList();
+        var fit = ScoreboardLayout.FitLine(widths, SeparatorGap, Width - PaddingX * 2, requested);
+
+        // Re-measure at the fitted size so line breaking and drawing use the same numbers.
+        var size = fit.FontSize;
+        var lines = BuildLines(texts, texts.Select(t => Measure(t, size)).ToList(), Width - PaddingX * 2);
+        var lineHeight = size * 1.45;
+        var height = (int)Math.Ceiling(lines.Count * lineHeight + PaddingY * 2);
+
+        var textBrush = Brush(style.TextColor, 1.0, Colors.White);
+        var plate = Brush(style.BackgroundColor, Math.Clamp(style.BackgroundOpacity, 0, 1), Colors.Black);
+        var separator = Brush(style.TextColor, Math.Clamp(style.SeparatorOpacity, 0, 1), Colors.Gray);
+
+        var visual = new DrawingVisual();
+        using (var dc = visual.RenderOpen())
+        {
+            if (style.BackgroundEnabled)
+                dc.DrawRoundedRectangle(plate, null, new Rect(0, 0, Width, height), height / 2.0, height / 2.0);
+
+            for (var line = 0; line < lines.Count; line++)
+            {
+                var lineTiles = lines[line];
+                var totalWidth = lineTiles.Sum(t => Measure(t, size)) + SeparatorGap * (lineTiles.Count - 1);
+                var x = (Width - totalWidth) / 2;
+                var y = PaddingY + line * lineHeight + (lineHeight - size) / 2;
+
+                for (var i = 0; i < lineTiles.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    var text = Text(lineTiles[i], typeface, size, textBrush);
+                    dc.DrawText(text, new Point(x, y));
+                    x += text.WidthIncludingTrailingWhitespace;
+
+                    if (i == lineTiles.Count - 1) continue;
+                    var dot = Text("·", typeface, size, separator);
+                    dc.DrawText(dot, new Point(x + (SeparatorGap - dot.WidthIncludingTrailingWhitespace) / 2, y));
+                    x += SeparatorGap;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var bitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap(Width, height, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
+        bitmap.Render(visual);
+
+        var pixels = new byte[Width * height * 4];
+        bitmap.CopyPixels(pixels, Width * 4, 0);
+        for (var i = 0; i < pixels.Length; i += 4)
+        {
+            var a = pixels[i + 3];
+            if (a == 0 || a == 255) continue;
+            pixels[i] = (byte)(pixels[i] * 255 / a);
+            pixels[i + 1] = (byte)(pixels[i + 1] * 255 / a);
+            pixels[i + 2] = (byte)(pixels[i + 2] * 255 / a);
+        }
+        return new VideoFrame(Width, height, pixels);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Greedy line packing at the fitted size — mirrors <see cref="ScoreboardLayout.FitLine"/>
+    /// so the break points agree with the fit the caller was told about.</summary>
+    private static List<List<string>> BuildLines(IReadOnlyList<string> tiles, IReadOnlyList<double> widths, double available)
+    {
+        var lines = new List<List<string>> { new() };
+        var lineWidth = 0.0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < tiles.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var w = widths[i];
+            var needed = lineWidth == 0 ? w : lineWidth + SeparatorGap + w;
+            if (needed > available && lineWidth > 0)
+            {
+                lines.Add(new List<string>());
+                lineWidth = w;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                lineWidth = needed;
+            }
+            lines[^1].Add(tiles[i]);
+        }
+        return lines;
+    }
+
+    private static FormattedText Text(string text, Typeface face, double size, Brush brush) =>
+        new(text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, FlowDirection.LeftToRight, face, size, brush, pixelsPerDip: 1.0);
+
+    private static SolidColorBrush Brush(string hex, double opacity, Color fallback)
+    {
+        Color colour;
+        try { colour = (Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString(hex); }
+        catch (Exception) { colour = fallback; }
+        var brush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb((byte)Math.Round(opacity * 255), colour.R, colour.G, colour.B));
+        brush.Freeze();
+        return brush;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/ScoreboardRendererTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/ScoreboardRendererTests.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.Services;
+using ytLive.Services.Compositor;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>The strip is state, not events: everything enabled is always on screen. These checks
+/// paint the real frame, because a renderer that silently draws nothing would still pass a
+/// structural test.</summary>
+public class ScoreboardRendererTests
+{
+    private static readonly List<string> Tiles = new() { "Members 12", "Milestones 3", "SC $47.00" };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void The_strip_paints_the_plate_and_the_text_and_never_needs_a_scroll()
+    {
+        Exception? failure = null;
+
+        var thread = new Thread(() =>
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // Plate on: half-transparent blue behind white text.
+                var plated = ScoreboardRenderer.Render(Tiles, new ScoreboardStyle("#FFFFFF", true, "#0000FF", 0.5));
+                Assert.NotNull(plated);
+                Assert.Equal(ScoreboardRenderer.Width, plated!.Width);
+                Assert.True(plated.Height > 0);
+
+                Assert.True(Count(plated, (r, g, b, a) => b > 150 && r < 60 && g < 60 && a is > 100 and < 170) > 500,
+                    "the plate must fill at the chosen colour and opacity");
+                Assert.True(Count(plated, (r, g, b, a) => r > 200 && g > 200 && b > 200 && a > 200) > 20,
+                    "the text must be painted in the chosen colour");
+
+                // Plate off: the same area is transparent, the text survives.
+                var bare = ScoreboardRenderer.Render(Tiles, new ScoreboardStyle("#FFFFFF", false, "#0000FF", 0.5));
+                Assert.NotNull(bare);
+                Assert.Equal(0, Count(bare!, (r, g, b, a) => b > 150 && r < 60 && g < 60 && a > 100));
+                Assert.True(Count(bare!, (r, g, b, a) => r > 200 && g > 200 && b > 200 && a > 200) > 20);
+
+                // Text colour reaches the glyphs.
+                var red = ScoreboardRenderer.Render(Tiles, new ScoreboardStyle("#FF0000", false, "#000000", 0.5));
+                Assert.True(Count(red!, (r, g, b, a) => r > 180 && g < 80 && b < 80 && a > 200) > 20);
+
+                // Nothing enabled: no frame at all (the layer draws nothing).
+                Assert.Null(ScoreboardRenderer.Render(Array.Empty<string>(), new ScoreboardStyle()));
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) { failure = ex; }
+        });
+        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
+        thread.Start();
+        thread.Join();
+
+        Assert.Null(failure);
+    }
+
+    private static int Count(VideoFrame frame, Func<int, int, int, int, bool> predicate)
+    {
+        var hits = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < frame.BgraPixels.Length; i += 4)
+            if (predicate(frame.BgraPixels[i + 2], frame.BgraPixels[i + 1], frame.BgraPixels[i], frame.BgraPixels[i + 3]))
+                hits++;
+        return hits;
+    }
+}