diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
index 6ab8e30c2a..64993af2b5 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ InboundAudioStream::InboundAudioStream(int numFrameSamples, int numFramesCapacit
     _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves(0, settings._windowSecondsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves),
     _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves(),
     _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingStDev(0),
+    _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingMaxGap(0),
     _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction(0, settings._windowSecondsForDesiredReduction),
     _starveHistoryWindowSeconds(settings._windowSecondsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves),
     _starveHistory(STARVE_HISTORY_CAPACITY),
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ int InboundAudioStream::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     readBytes += sizeof(quint16);
     SequenceNumberStats::ArrivalInfo arrivalInfo = _incomingSequenceNumberStats.sequenceNumberReceived(sequence, senderUUID);
 
-    frameReceivedUpdateTimingStats();
+    packetReceivedUpdateTimingStats();
 
     // TODO: handle generalized silent packet here?????
 
@@ -235,12 +236,13 @@ void InboundAudioStream::setToStarved() {
     // be considered refilled. in that case, there's no need to set _isStarved to true.
     _isStarved = (_ringBuffer.framesAvailable() < _desiredJitterBufferFrames);
 
-    // if dynamic jitter buffers are enabled, we should check if this starve put us over the window
-    // starve threshold
-    if (_dynamicJitterBuffers) {
-        quint64 now = usecTimestampNow();
-        _starveHistory.insert(now);
+    // record the time of this starve in the starve history
+    quint64 now = usecTimestampNow();
+    _starveHistory.insert(now);
 
+    if (_dynamicJitterBuffers) {
+        // dynamic jitter buffers are enabled. check if this starve put us over the window
+        // starve threshold
         quint64 windowEnd = now - _starveHistoryWindowSeconds * USECS_PER_SECOND;
         RingBufferHistory<quint64>::Iterator starvesIterator = _starveHistory.begin();
         RingBufferHistory<quint64>::Iterator end = _starveHistory.end();
@@ -263,10 +265,8 @@ void InboundAudioStream::setToStarved() {
                 // we don't know when the next packet will arrive, so it's possible the gap between the last packet and the
                 // next packet will exceed the max time gap in the window.  If the time since the last packet has already exceeded
                 // the window max gap, then we should use that value to calculate desired frames.
-                if (now - _lastPacketReceivedTime)
-
-                calculatedJitterBufferFrames = ceilf((float)_timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getWindowMax()
-                    / (float)BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS);
+                int framesSinceLastPacket = ceilf((float)(now - _lastPacketReceivedTime) / (float)BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS);
+                calculatedJitterBufferFrames = std::max(_calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingMaxGap, framesSinceLastPacket);
             }
             // make sure _desiredJitterBufferFrames does not become lower here
             if (calculatedJitterBufferFrames >= _desiredJitterBufferFrames) {
@@ -297,15 +297,7 @@ void InboundAudioStream::setSettings(const Settings& settings) {
 
 void InboundAudioStream::setDynamicJitterBuffers(bool dynamicJitterBuffers) {
     if (!dynamicJitterBuffers) {
-        if (_dynamicJitterBuffers) {
-            // if we're disabling dynamic jitter buffers, set desired frames to its static value
-            // and clear all the stats for calculating desired frames in dynamic mode.
-            _desiredJitterBufferFrames = _staticDesiredJitterBufferFrames;
-            _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.reset();
-            _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.reset();
-            _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.reset();
-            _starveHistory.clear();
-        }
+        _desiredJitterBufferFrames = _staticDesiredJitterBufferFrames;
     } else {
         if (!_dynamicJitterBuffers) {
             // if we're enabling dynamic jitter buffer frames, start desired frames at 1
@@ -337,7 +329,7 @@ int InboundAudioStream::clampDesiredJitterBufferFramesValue(int desired) const {
     return glm::clamp(desired, MIN_FRAMES_DESIRED, MAX_FRAMES_DESIRED);
 }
 
-void InboundAudioStream::frameReceivedUpdateTimingStats() {
+void InboundAudioStream::packetReceivedUpdateTimingStats() {
     
     // update our timegap stats and desired jitter buffer frames if necessary
     // discard the first few packets we receive since they usually have gaps that aren't represensative of normal jitter
@@ -347,27 +339,31 @@ void InboundAudioStream::frameReceivedUpdateTimingStats() {
         quint64 gap = now - _lastPacketReceivedTime;
         _timeGapStatsForStatsPacket.update(gap);
 
+        // update all stats used for desired frames calculations under dynamic jitter buffer mode
+        _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.update(gap);
+        _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.addValue(gap);
+        _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.update(gap);
+
+        if (_timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getNewStatsAvailableFlag()) {
+            _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingMaxGap = ceilf((float)_timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getWindowMax() 
+                / (float)BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS);
+            _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.clearNewStatsAvailableFlag();
+        }
+
+        const int STANDARD_DEVIATION_SAMPLE_COUNT = 500;
+        if (_stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getSamples() > STANDARD_DEVIATION_SAMPLE_COUNT) {
+            const float NUM_STANDARD_DEVIATIONS = 3.0f;
+            _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingStDev = ceilf(NUM_STANDARD_DEVIATIONS * _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getStDev()
+                / (float)BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS);
+            _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.reset();
+        }
+
         if (_dynamicJitterBuffers) {
 
-            const float USECS_PER_FRAME = NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL * USECS_PER_SECOND / (float)SAMPLE_RATE;
-
-            // update all stats used for desired frames calculations under dynamic jitter buffer mode
-            _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.update(gap);
-            _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.addValue(gap);
-            _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.update(gap);
-
-            const int STANDARD_DEVIATION_SAMPLE_COUNT = 500;
-            if (_stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getSamples() > STANDARD_DEVIATION_SAMPLE_COUNT) {
-                const float NUM_STANDARD_DEVIATIONS = 3.0f;
-                _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingStDev = (int)ceilf(NUM_STANDARD_DEVIATIONS * _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.getStDev()
-                    / USECS_PER_FRAME);
-                _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves.reset();
-            }
-
             // if the max gap in window B (_timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction) corresponds to a smaller number of frames than _desiredJitterBufferFrames,
             // then reduce _desiredJitterBufferFrames to that number of frames.
             if (_timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.getNewStatsAvailableFlag() && _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.isWindowFilled()) {
-                int calculatedJitterBufferFrames = ceilf((float)_timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.getWindowMax() / USECS_PER_FRAME);
+                int calculatedJitterBufferFrames = ceilf((float)_timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction.getWindowMax() / (float)BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS);
                 if (calculatedJitterBufferFrames < _desiredJitterBufferFrames) {
                     _desiredJitterBufferFrames = calculatedJitterBufferFrames;
                 }
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
index 1e58eaa509..c62cf957d7 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public slots:
     void perSecondCallbackForUpdatingStats();
 
 private:
-    void frameReceivedUpdateTimingStats();
+    void packetReceivedUpdateTimingStats();
     int clampDesiredJitterBufferFramesValue(int desired) const;
 
     int writeSamplesForDroppedPackets(int numSamples);
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ protected:
 
     quint64 _lastPacketReceivedTime;
     MovingMinMaxAvg<quint64> _timeGapStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves;   // for Freddy's method
+    int _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingMaxGap;
     StDev _stdevStatsForDesiredCalcOnTooManyStarves;                        // for Philip's method
     int _calculatedJitterBufferFramesUsingStDev;                     // the most recent desired frames calculated by Philip's method
     MovingMinMaxAvg<quint64> _timeGapStatsForDesiredReduction;