diff --git a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
index e221b36..703355a 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
+++ b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ class CaptureManager {
     this.state.sessionId = null;
     this.state.processes = {};
 
+    // No frames received → the upload (if any) produced a 0-byte object.
+    // Surface that so the shutdown handler can mark the asset as 'error'
+    // instead of posting a broken hi-res key downstream.
+    const framesReceived = this.state.framesReceived;
+
     return {
       sessionId,
       projectId: currentSession.projectId,
@@ -404,6 +409,8 @@ class CaptureManager {
       startedAt: currentSession.startedAt,
       stoppedAt,
       duration,
+      framesReceived,
+      empty: framesReceived === 0,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/services/capture/src/index.js b/services/capture/src/index.js
index c626f18..a56f115 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/index.js
+++ b/services/capture/src/index.js
@@ -113,31 +113,52 @@ async function gracefulShutdown(signal) {
     console.log(`[shutdown] stopping active session ${status.sessionId}...`);
     try {
       const completed = await captureManager.stop(status.sessionId);
-      console.log(`[shutdown] session ${completed.sessionId} finalised; duration=${completed.duration}s`);
+      console.log(`[shutdown] session ${completed.sessionId} finalised; duration=${completed.duration}s frames=${completed.framesReceived}`);
 
-      try {
-        const res = await fetch(`${MAM_API_URL}/api/v1/assets`, {
-          method: 'POST',
-          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-          body: JSON.stringify({
-            projectId:  completed.projectId,
-            binId:      completed.binId,
-            clipName:   completed.clipName,
-            sourceType: completed.sourceType,
-            hiresKey:   completed.hiresKey,
-            proxyKey:   completed.proxyKey,
-            needsProxy: completed.proxyKey === null,
-            duration:   completed.duration,
-            capturedAt: completed.startedAt,
-          }),
-        });
-        if (!res.ok) {
-          console.warn(`[shutdown] mam-api /assets returned ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
-        } else {
-          console.log('[shutdown] asset registered with mam-api');
+      const liveAssetId = process.env.ASSET_ID || null;
+
+      // No frames received → the source never connected (bad SRT URL, dead
+      // SDI signal, RTMP stream key mismatch, etc.). The S3 upload at this
+      // point is 0 bytes and would just clog the proxy queue with "moov
+      // atom not found" failures. Mark the pre-created live asset as
+      // 'error' and skip the POST /assets registration entirely.
+      if (completed.empty) {
+        console.warn('[shutdown] no frames received — marking asset as error and skipping registration');
+        if (liveAssetId) {
+          try {
+            await fetch(`${MAM_API_URL}/api/v1/assets/${liveAssetId}/mark-empty`, {
+              method: 'POST',
+              headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+            });
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.error('[shutdown] failed to flag empty asset:', e.message);
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        try {
+          const res = await fetch(`${MAM_API_URL}/api/v1/assets`, {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+            body: JSON.stringify({
+              projectId:  completed.projectId,
+              binId:      completed.binId,
+              clipName:   completed.clipName,
+              sourceType: completed.sourceType,
+              hiresKey:   completed.hiresKey,
+              proxyKey:   completed.proxyKey,
+              needsProxy: completed.proxyKey === null,
+              duration:   completed.duration,
+              capturedAt: completed.startedAt,
+            }),
+          });
+          if (!res.ok) {
+            console.warn(`[shutdown] mam-api /assets returned ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
+          } else {
+            console.log('[shutdown] asset registered with mam-api');
+          }
+        } catch (mamErr) {
+          console.error('[shutdown] failed to register asset:', mamErr.message);
         }
-      } catch (mamErr) {
-        console.error('[shutdown] failed to register asset:', mamErr.message);
       }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('[shutdown] error during stop:', err);
diff --git a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
index 6078080..f1de1aa 100644
--- a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
+++ b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
@@ -302,6 +302,26 @@ router.post('/:id/copy', async (req, res, next) => {
   }
 });
 
+// POST /:id/mark-empty — flag a pre-created live asset as 'error' because
+// the recorder finished a session without any frames (bad source URL, dead
+// SDI signal, etc.). Called by the capture sidecar's shutdown handler.
+router.post('/:id/mark-empty', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const { id } = req.params;
+    const result = await pool.query(
+      `UPDATE assets
+         SET status = 'error',
+             notes  = COALESCE(notes || E'\\n', '') || 'Recording produced no frames — source never connected.',
+             updated_at = NOW()
+       WHERE id = $1 AND status = 'live'
+       RETURNING id`,
+      [id]
+    );
+    if (result.rows.length === 0) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'No matching live asset' });
+    res.json({ id });
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
 // POST /:id/generate-proxy — re-queue proxy for an asset that has a hi-res
 // master but no proxy_s3_key. Used to backfill recorder-captured clips that
 // pre-date the auto-proxy-on-finalize fix.
diff --git a/services/web-ui/public/data.jsx b/services/web-ui/public/data.jsx
index 3481344..a083d5d 100644
--- a/services/web-ui/public/data.jsx
+++ b/services/web-ui/public/data.jsx
@@ -173,3 +173,6 @@ async function loadData() {
 }
 
 window.ZAMPP_API = { fetch: apiFetch, loadData, fmtDuration, fmtSize, fmtRelative };
+// Library re-renders after mutations: expose normalizeAsset so the screen
+// can re-fetch /assets and produce rows with the same shape as the boot load.
+window.normalizeAsset = normalizeAsset;
diff --git a/services/web-ui/public/screens-library.jsx b/services/web-ui/public/screens-library.jsx
index 5e3655b..5997870 100644
--- a/services/web-ui/public/screens-library.jsx
+++ b/services/web-ui/public/screens-library.jsx
@@ -1,14 +1,53 @@
 // screens-library.jsx
 
 function Library({ navigate, onOpenAsset, openProject }) {
-  const { ASSETS: ALL_ASSETS, BINS, PROJECTS } = window.ZAMPP_DATA;
+  const { BINS, PROJECTS } = window.ZAMPP_DATA;
   const [view, setView] = React.useState('grid');
   const [filter, setFilter] = React.useState('all');
   const [search, setSearch] = React.useState('');
+  // Local state lets us re-render after delete / move-to-bin without forcing
+  // a full app reload — keeps ZAMPP_DATA in sync as the cache of record.
+  const [allAssets, setAllAssets] = React.useState(window.ZAMPP_DATA.ASSETS || []);
+  const [ctxMenu, setCtxMenu] = React.useState(null); // { asset, x, y }
+
+  const refreshAssets = React.useCallback(() => {
+    window.ZAMPP_API.fetch('/assets?limit=500')
+      .then(r => {
+        const list = Array.isArray(r) ? r : (r.assets || []);
+        const proj = {};
+        (PROJECTS || []).forEach(p => { proj[p.id] = p.name; });
+        const normalized = list.map(a => window.normalizeAsset ? window.normalizeAsset(a, proj) : a);
+        window.ZAMPP_DATA.ASSETS = normalized;
+        setAllAssets(normalized);
+      })
+      .catch(() => {});
+  }, [PROJECTS]);
+
+  // Dismiss the context menu on any outside click (capture phase so clicking
+  // a menu item still fires before the menu unmounts).
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!ctxMenu) return;
+    const close = () => setCtxMenu(null);
+    window.addEventListener('click', close);
+    window.addEventListener('contextmenu', close);
+    window.addEventListener('scroll', close, true);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('click', close);
+      window.removeEventListener('contextmenu', close);
+      window.removeEventListener('scroll', close, true);
+    };
+  }, [ctxMenu]);
+
+  const openCtx = (asset, e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    setCtxMenu({ asset, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+  };
 
   let assets = openProject
-    ? ALL_ASSETS.filter(function(a) { return a.project_id === openProject.id; })
-    : ALL_ASSETS;
+    ? allAssets.filter(function(a) { return a.project_id === openProject.id; })
+    : allAssets;
+  const ALL_ASSETS = allAssets;
   if (filter !== 'all') assets = assets.filter(function(a) { return a.status === filter; });
   if (search) assets = assets.filter(function(a) { return a.name.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()); });
 
@@ -94,7 +133,11 @@ function Library({ navigate, onOpenAsset, openProject }) {
           <div style={{ padding: 60, textAlign: 'center', color: 'var(--text-3)' }}>No assets match this filter.</div>
         ) : view === 'grid' ? (
           <div className="library-grid">
-            {assets.map(function(a) { return <AssetCard key={a.id} asset={a} onOpen={function() { onOpenAsset(a); }} />; })}
+            {assets.map(function(a) {
+              return <AssetCard key={a.id} asset={a}
+                       onOpen={function() { onOpenAsset(a); }}
+                       onContextMenu={function(e) { openCtx(a, e); }} />;
+            })}
           </div>
         ) : (
           <div className="library-list">
@@ -103,7 +146,7 @@ function Library({ navigate, onOpenAsset, openProject }) {
             </div>
             {assets.map(function(a) {
               return (
-                <div key={a.id} className="list-row" onClick={function() { onOpenAsset(a); }} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+                <div key={a.id} className="list-row" onClick={function() { onOpenAsset(a); }} onContextMenu={function(e) { openCtx(a, e); }} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
                   <div className="thumb"><AssetThumb asset={a} /></div>
                   <div>
                     <div className="name">{a.name}</div>
@@ -117,18 +160,110 @@ function Library({ navigate, onOpenAsset, openProject }) {
                   <div className="col-sub">{a.codec || '—'}</div>
                   <div className="col-sub">{a.size}</div>
                   <div className="col-sub">{a.updated}</div>
-                  <button className="icon-btn" onClick={function(e) { e.stopPropagation(); }}><Icon name="more" /></button>
+                  <button className="icon-btn" onClick={function(e) { e.stopPropagation(); openCtx(a, e); }}><Icon name="more" /></button>
                 </div>
               );
             })}
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      {ctxMenu && (
+        <AssetContextMenu
+          asset={ctxMenu.asset}
+          x={ctxMenu.x}
+          y={ctxMenu.y}
+          bins={BINS}
+          onClose={function() { setCtxMenu(null); }}
+          onChanged={refreshAssets}
+          onOpen={function() { onOpenAsset(ctxMenu.asset); }}
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-function AssetCard({ asset, onOpen }) {
+function AssetContextMenu({ asset, x, y, bins, onClose, onChanged, onOpen }) {
+  const ref = React.useRef(null);
+  // Pin the menu inside the viewport even if the user right-clicked near
+  // the bottom-right edge of the grid.
+  const [pos, setPos] = React.useState({ left: x, top: y });
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (!ref.current) return;
+    const r = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const margin = 8;
+    let nx = x, ny = y;
+    if (x + r.width  + margin > window.innerWidth)  nx = window.innerWidth  - r.width  - margin;
+    if (y + r.height + margin > window.innerHeight) ny = window.innerHeight - r.height - margin;
+    setPos({ left: Math.max(margin, nx), top: Math.max(margin, ny) });
+  }, [x, y]);
+
+  const rename = function() {
+    onClose();
+    const next = prompt('Rename asset', asset.display_name || asset.name || '');
+    if (next == null) return;
+    const trimmed = next.trim();
+    if (!trimmed || trimmed === (asset.display_name || asset.name)) return;
+    window.ZAMPP_API.fetch('/assets/' + asset.id, { method: 'PATCH', body: JSON.stringify({ display_name: trimmed }) })
+      .then(onChanged)
+      .catch(function(e) { alert('Rename failed: ' + e.message); });
+  };
+
+  const moveToBin = function(binId) {
+    onClose();
+    window.ZAMPP_API.fetch('/assets/' + asset.id, { method: 'PATCH', body: JSON.stringify({ bin_id: binId }) })
+      .then(onChanged)
+      .catch(function(e) { alert('Move failed: ' + e.message); });
+  };
+
+  const copyId = function() {
+    onClose();
+    if (navigator.clipboard) navigator.clipboard.writeText(asset.id).catch(function() {});
+  };
+
+  const remove = function() {
+    onClose();
+    if (!confirm('Delete "' + (asset.display_name || asset.name) + '" permanently?\nThis removes the database row and the S3 objects.\nThis cannot be undone.')) return;
+    window.ZAMPP_API.fetch('/assets/' + asset.id + '?hard=true', { method: 'DELETE' })
+      .then(onChanged)
+      .catch(function(e) { alert('Delete failed: ' + e.message); });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div ref={ref} className="ctx-menu" style={{ left: pos.left, top: pos.top }}
+         onClick={function(e) { e.stopPropagation(); }}
+         onContextMenu={function(e) { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }}>
+      <div className="ctx-header">{asset.display_name || asset.name}</div>
+      <button onClick={function() { onClose(); onOpen(); }}><Icon name="play" size={11} />Open</button>
+      <button onClick={rename}><Icon name="edit" size={11} />Rename…</button>
+      <div className="ctx-divider" />
+      {(bins && bins.length > 0) ? (
+        <>
+          <div className="ctx-section-label">Move to bin</div>
+          {bins.slice(0, 10).map(function(b) {
+            const isCurrent = asset.bin_id === b.id;
+            return (
+              <button key={b.id} onClick={function() { moveToBin(b.id); }} disabled={isCurrent}>
+                <Icon name="folder" size={11} />{b.name}{isCurrent && <span style={{ marginLeft: 'auto', fontSize: 10, color: 'var(--text-3)' }}>current</span>}
+              </button>
+            );
+          })}
+          {asset.bin_id && (
+            <button onClick={function() { moveToBin(null); }}>
+              <Icon name="x" size={11} />Remove from bin
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </>
+      ) : (
+        <div className="ctx-empty">No bins — create one in a project</div>
+      )}
+      <div className="ctx-divider" />
+      <button onClick={copyId}><Icon name="library" size={11} />Copy asset ID</button>
+      <button className="danger" onClick={remove}><Icon name="trash" size={11} />Delete permanently</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function AssetCard({ asset, onOpen, onContextMenu }) {
   const [hoverStream, setHoverStream] = React.useState(null);
   const [hovered, setHovered] = React.useState(false);
   const timerRef = React.useRef(null);
@@ -166,7 +301,7 @@ function AssetCard({ asset, onOpen }) {
   const showVideo = hovered && hoverStream;
 
   return (
-    <div className="asset-card" onClick={onOpen} onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter} onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}>
+    <div className="asset-card" onClick={onOpen} onContextMenu={onContextMenu} onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter} onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}>
       <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
         <AssetThumb asset={asset} />
         {showVideo && (
diff --git a/services/web-ui/public/styles-rest.css b/services/web-ui/public/styles-rest.css
index 0e3e56f..45fa35d 100644
--- a/services/web-ui/public/styles-rest.css
+++ b/services/web-ui/public/styles-rest.css
@@ -564,6 +564,67 @@
 }
 
 /* ========== Admin tables ========== */
+/* ── Right-click context menu (Library, etc.) ─────────────────────── */
+.ctx-menu {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1000;
+  min-width: 200px;
+  max-width: 280px;
+  background: var(--bg-1);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-stronger);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
+  padding: 4px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+.ctx-menu .ctx-header {
+  padding: 6px 10px 4px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  color: var(--text-3);
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.ctx-menu .ctx-section-label {
+  padding: 6px 10px 2px;
+  font-size: 10.5px;
+  color: var(--text-4);
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+}
+.ctx-menu .ctx-divider {
+  height: 1px;
+  background: var(--border);
+  margin: 4px 0;
+}
+.ctx-menu .ctx-empty {
+  padding: 6px 10px;
+  font-size: 11.5px;
+  color: var(--text-3);
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+.ctx-menu button {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  color: var(--text-1);
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+  padding: 7px 10px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+.ctx-menu button:hover:not(:disabled) { background: var(--bg-3); }
+.ctx-menu button:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+.ctx-menu button.danger { color: var(--danger); }
+.ctx-menu button.danger:hover { background: var(--danger-soft); }
+
 /* ── Row popover menu (Users, etc.) ────────────────────────────────── */
 .row-menu {
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js b/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
index 784466f..95f8467 100644
--- a/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
+++ b/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { unlink } from 'fs/promises'
+import { stat, unlink } from 'fs/promises';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { Queue } from 'bullmq';
 import { query } from '../db/client.js';
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ export const proxyWorker = async (job) => {
     console.log(`[proxy] Downloading ${inputKey} for asset ${assetId}`);
     await downloadFromS3(S3_BUCKET, inputKey, inputPath);
 
+    // Reject obviously-empty inputs before handing them to ffmpeg. Aborted
+    // SRT/RTMP recordings end up as 0-byte (or ftyp-only ~1KB) objects in S3
+    // when the source disconnects before any frame is received; the proxy
+    // pipeline used to bomb on "moov atom not found", which buried the
+    // real reason. Bail with a clear message and let the asset go to 'error'.
+    const { size: inputBytes } = await stat(inputPath);
+    if (inputBytes < 4096) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Source is empty or truncated (${inputBytes} bytes). The recording ` +
+        `likely ended before any frames were received — check the source ` +
+        `URL / SDI signal and re-record.`
+      );
+    }
+
     // Extract source metadata (fps, codec, resolution, duration, size, audio)
     await job.updateProgress(20);
     let mediaInfo = {};