diff --git a/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_base.go b/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_base.go
index 86b0f82c5..7438c9c72 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_base.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_base.go
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ func (r *rtpStatsBase) maybeAdjustFirstPacketTime(ets uint64, extStartTS uint64)
 	}
 
 	samplesDuration := time.Duration(float64(samplesDiff) / float64(r.params.ClockRate) * float64(time.Second))
-	now := time.Now()
+	timeSinceFirst := time.Since(r.firstTime)
+	now := r.firstTime.Add(timeSinceFirst)
 	firstTime := now.Add(-samplesDuration)
 	if firstTime.Before(r.firstTime) {
 		r.logger.Debugw(
diff --git a/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_sender.go b/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_sender.go
index df4f7381d..22392ec8a 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_sender.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/buffer/rtpstats_sender.go
@@ -281,10 +281,24 @@ func (r *RTPStatsSender) Update(
 				}
 			}
 
+			r.logger.Infow(
+				"adjusting start sequence number",
+				"snBefore", r.extStartSN,
+				"snAfter", extSequenceNumber,
+				"tsBefore", r.extStartTS,
+				"tsAfter", extTimestamp,
+			)
 			r.extStartSN = extSequenceNumber
 		}
 
 		if extTimestamp < r.extStartTS {
+			r.logger.Infow(
+				"adjusting start timestamp",
+				"snBefore", r.extStartSN,
+				"snAfter", extSequenceNumber,
+				"tsBefore", r.extStartTS,
+				"tsAfter", extTimestamp,
+			)
 			r.extStartTS = extTimestamp
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sfu/redprimaryreceiver.go b/pkg/sfu/redprimaryreceiver.go
index eb0965627..e7d33099f 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/redprimaryreceiver.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/redprimaryreceiver.go
@@ -69,8 +69,14 @@ func (r *RedPrimaryReceiver) ForwardRTP(pkt *buffer.ExtPacket, spatialLayer int3
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, sendPkt := range pkts {
+	for i, sendPkt := range pkts {
 		pPkt := *pkt
+		if i != len(pkts)-1 {
+			// patch extended sequence number and time stmap for all but the last packet,
+			// last packet is the primary payload
+			pPkt.ExtSequenceNumber -= uint64(pkts[len(pkts)-1].SequenceNumber - pkts[i].SequenceNumber)
+			pPkt.ExtTimestamp -= uint64(pkts[len(pkts)-1].Timestamp - pkts[i].Timestamp)
+		}
 		pPkt.Packet = sendPkt
 
 		// not modify the ExtPacket.RawPacket here for performance since it is not used by the DownTrack,
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ func (r *RedPrimaryReceiver) getSendPktsFromRed(rtp *rtp.Packet) ([]*rtp.Packet,
 		switch {
 		case diff == 0: // duplicate
 			break
+
 		case diff > 0x8000: // unorder
 			// in history
 			if 65535-diff < 8 {
@@ -191,25 +198,36 @@ func extractPktsFromRed(redPkt *rtp.Packet, recoverBits byte) ([]*rtp.Packet, er
 	var blocks []block
 	var blockLength int
 	for {
+		if len(payload) < 1 {
+			// illegal data, need at least one byte for primary encoding
+			return nil, ErrIncompleteRedHeader
+		}
+
 		if payload[0]&0x80 == 0 {
 			// last block is primary encoding data
+			pt := uint8(payload[0] & 0x7F)
+
+			blocks = append(blocks, block{pt: pt, primary: true})
+
 			payload = payload[1:]
-			blocks = append(blocks, block{primary: true})
 			break
 		} else {
 			if len(payload) < 4 {
 				// illegal data
 				return nil, ErrIncompleteRedHeader
 			}
+
 			blockHead := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(payload[0:])
 			length := int(blockHead & 0x03FF)
 			blockHead >>= 10
 			tsOffset := blockHead & 0x3FFF
 			blockHead >>= 14
 			pt := uint8(blockHead & 0x7F)
-			payload = payload[4:]
-			blockLength += length
+
 			blocks = append(blocks, block{pt: pt, length: length, tsOffset: tsOffset})
+
+			blockLength += length
+			payload = payload[4:]
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -220,22 +238,26 @@ func extractPktsFromRed(redPkt *rtp.Packet, recoverBits byte) ([]*rtp.Packet, er
 	pkts := make([]*rtp.Packet, 0, len(blocks))
 	for i, b := range blocks {
 		if b.primary {
+			header := redPkt.Header
+			header.PayloadType = b.pt
 			pkts = append(pkts, &rtp.Packet{Header: redPkt.Header, Payload: payload})
 			break
 		}
 
-		// last block is primary encoding
 		recoverIndex := len(blocks) - i - 1
 		if recoverIndex < 1 || recoverBits&(1<<(recoverIndex-1)) == 0 {
+			// skip past packet/block that does not need recovery
 			payload = payload[b.length:]
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// recover missing packet
 		header := redPkt.Header
 		header.SequenceNumber -= uint16(recoverIndex)
 		header.Timestamp -= b.tsOffset
 		header.PayloadType = b.pt
 		pkts = append(pkts, &rtp.Packet{Header: header, Payload: payload[:b.length]})
+
 		payload = payload[b.length:]
 	}
 
@@ -257,6 +279,11 @@ func extractPrimaryEncodingForRED(payload []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	var blockLength int
 	for {
+		if len(payload) < 1 {
+			// illegal data, need at least one byte for primary encoding
+			return nil, ErrIncompleteRedHeader
+		}
+
 		if payload[0]&0x80 == 0 {
 			// last block is primary encoding data
 			payload = payload[1:]
@@ -266,6 +293,7 @@ func extractPrimaryEncodingForRED(payload []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 				// illegal data
 				return nil, ErrIncompleteRedHeader
 			}
+
 			blockLength += int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(payload[2:]) & 0x03FF)
 			payload = payload[4:]
 		}