diff --git a/protocol/rtp/client.go b/protocol/rtp/client.go
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+/*
+NAME
+  client.go
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  client.go provides an RTP client that will receive RTP on a UDP connection
+
+AUTHOR
+  Saxon A. Nelson-Milton <saxon@ausocean.org>
+
+LICENSE
+  rtp.go is Copyright (C) 2018 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
+
+  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+  option) any later version.
+
+  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with revid in gpl.txt.  If not, see [GNU licenses](http://www.gnu.org/licenses).
+*/
+
+package rtp
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/utils/ring"
+)
+
+const (
+	chanSize = 10
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	conn    *net.UDPConn
+	wg      sync.WaitGroup
+	done    chan struct{}
+	ring    *ring.Buffer
+	op      func([]byte) ([]byte, error)
+	ErrChan chan error
+}
+
+func NewClient(addr string, op func([]byte) ([]byte, error)) (*Client, error) {
+	c := &Client{
+		done: make(chan struct{}, 10),
+		ring: ring.NewBuffer(10, 4096, 0),
+	}
+
+	a, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	c.conn, err = net.ListenUDP("udp", a)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Start() {
+	c.wg.Add(1)
+	go c.recv()
+}
+
+func (c *Client) recv() {
+	defer c.wg.Done()
+	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-c.done:
+			return
+		default:
+			n, _, err := c.conn.ReadFromUDP(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.ErrChan <- err
+				continue
+			}
+			var _buf []byte
+			switch c.op {
+			case nil:
+				_buf = buf[:n]
+			default:
+				_buf, err = c.op(buf[:n])
+				if err != nil {
+					c.ErrChan <- err
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			_, err = c.ring.Write(_buf)
+			c.ring.Flush()
+			if err != nil {
+				c.ErrChan <- err
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Stop() {
+	close(c.done)
+	c.conn.Close()
+	c.wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	chunk, err := c.ring.Next(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	n := copy(p, chunk.Bytes())
+	chunk.Close()
+	chunk = nil
+	return n, nil
+}