diff --git a/internal/transport/vp8channel/kcp.go b/internal/transport/vp8channel/kcp.go
index 1fa6592..205e8cf 100644
--- a/internal/transport/vp8channel/kcp.go
+++ b/internal/transport/vp8channel/kcp.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func startKCP(out chan<- []byte, onData func([]byte), epochHdr [epochHdrLen]byte
 	sess.SetNoDelay(1, 5, 2, 1)
 	sess.SetWindowSize(kcpSndWnd, kcpRcvWnd)
 	sess.SetMtu(kcpMTU)
+	sess.SetStreamMode(true)
 	sess.SetACKNoDelay(true)
 	sess.SetWriteDelay(false)
 
diff --git a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport.go b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport.go
index e549895..3bb9d64 100644
--- a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport.go
+++ b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ const (
 	defaultMaxPayloadSize = 60 * 1024
 	defaultConnectTimeout = 60 * time.Second
 	rtpBufSize            = 65536
-	outboundQueueSize     = 1024
-	inboundQueueSize      = 1024
+	outboundQueueSize     = 8192
+	inboundQueueSize      = 8192
 	canSendHighWatermark  = 90 // percent
 	keepaliveIdlePeriod   = 100 * time.Millisecond
 )
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ const (
 	epochHdrLen = 32
 )
 
+var kcpBatchMagic = [4]byte{'O', 'L', 'K', 'B'} //nolint:gochecknoglobals // wire marker
+
 // videoSession is the subset of engine.Session + engine.VideoTrackCapable
 // the vp8channel transport relies on.
 type videoSession interface {
@@ -399,12 +401,10 @@ func (p *streamTransport) Features() transport.Features {
 func (p *streamTransport) writerLoop() {
 	defer close(p.writerDone)
 
-	sampleInterval := p.sampleInterval()
-
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(sampleInterval)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(p.frameInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	keepaliveEvery := max(int(keepaliveIdlePeriod/sampleInterval), 1)
+	keepaliveEvery := max(int(keepaliveIdlePeriod/p.frameInterval), 1)
 	idleTicks := 0
 
 	for {
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (p *streamTransport) writerLoop() {
 			var sample []byte
 			select {
 			case frame := <-p.outbound:
-				sample = frame
+				sample = p.batchSample(frame)
 				idleTicks = 0
 			default:
 				idleTicks++
@@ -429,17 +429,48 @@ func (p *streamTransport) writerLoop() {
 
 			_ = p.track.WriteSample(media.Sample{
 				Data:     sample,
-				Duration: sampleInterval,
+				Duration: p.frameInterval,
 			})
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *streamTransport) sampleInterval() time.Duration {
-	if p.batchSize > 1 {
-		return p.frameInterval / time.Duration(p.batchSize)
+func (p *streamTransport) batchSample(first []byte) []byte {
+	if len(first) <= epochHdrLen || p.batchSize <= 1 {
+		return first
 	}
-	return p.frameInterval
+
+	sample := make([]byte, 0, defaultMaxPayloadSize)
+	sample = append(sample, first[:epochHdrLen]...)
+	sample = append(sample, kcpBatchMagic[:]...)
+	sample = appendBatchPacket(sample, first[epochHdrLen:])
+
+	for packets := 1; packets < p.batchSize; packets++ {
+		select {
+		case frame := <-p.outbound:
+			if len(frame) <= epochHdrLen {
+				continue
+			}
+			payload := frame[epochHdrLen:]
+			if len(sample)+2+len(payload) > defaultMaxPayloadSize {
+				return sample
+			}
+			sample = appendBatchPacket(sample, payload)
+		default:
+			return sample
+		}
+	}
+	return sample
+}
+
+func appendBatchPacket(dst, packet []byte) []byte {
+	if len(packet) > 0xffff {
+		return dst
+	}
+	var lenBuf [2]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(lenBuf[:], uint16(len(packet))) //nolint:gosec // bounded above
+	dst = append(dst, lenBuf[:]...)
+	return append(dst, packet...)
 }
 
 func (p *streamTransport) resetKCP() {
@@ -618,7 +649,36 @@ func (p *streamTransport) handleIncomingFrame(frame []byte) {
 	rt := p.kcp
 	p.kcpMu.RUnlock()
 	if rt != nil {
-		rt.deliver(kcpPayload)
+		deliverKCPPayload(rt, kcpPayload)
+	}
+}
+
+func deliverKCPPayload(rt *kcpRuntime, payload []byte) {
+	if rt == nil || len(payload) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	splitKCPPayload(payload, rt.deliver)
+}
+
+func splitKCPPayload(payload []byte, deliver func([]byte)) {
+	if len(payload) < len(kcpBatchMagic) ||
+		string(payload[:len(kcpBatchMagic)]) != string(kcpBatchMagic[:]) {
+		deliver(payload)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rest := payload[len(kcpBatchMagic):]
+	for len(rest) > 0 {
+		if len(rest) < 2 {
+			return
+		}
+		size := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(rest[:2]))
+		rest = rest[2:]
+		if size == 0 || len(rest) < size {
+			return
+		}
+		deliver(rest[:size])
+		rest = rest[size:]
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_test.go b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_test.go
index cee1cd8..0d81156 100644
--- a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_test.go
+++ b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_test.go
@@ -111,6 +111,56 @@ func TestVP8KeepaliveDoesNotLookLikeKCP(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBatchSampleCarriesMultipleKCPPackets(t *testing.T) {
+	hdr := testEpochHdr(1)
+	packet := func(payload string) []byte {
+		frame := make([]byte, epochHdrLen+len(payload))
+		copy(frame, hdr[:])
+		copy(frame[epochHdrLen:], payload)
+		return frame
+	}
+
+	tr := &streamTransport{
+		outbound:  make(chan []byte, 4),
+		batchSize: 3,
+	}
+	tr.outbound <- packet("two")
+	tr.outbound <- packet("three")
+	tr.outbound <- packet("four")
+
+	sample := tr.batchSample(packet("one"))
+	if !bytes.Equal(sample[:epochHdrLen], hdr[:]) {
+		t.Fatalf("sample epoch header = %x, want %x", sample[:epochHdrLen], hdr[:])
+	}
+
+	var got []string
+	splitKCPPayload(sample[epochHdrLen:], func(payload []byte) {
+		got = append(got, string(payload))
+	})
+	want := []string{"one", "two", "three"}
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("split payload count = %d, want %d (%v)", len(got), len(want), got)
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("payload[%d] = %q, want %q", i, got[i], want[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if left := len(tr.outbound); left != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("outbound left = %d, want 1", left)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSplitKCPPayloadAcceptsLegacySinglePacket(t *testing.T) {
+	var got [][]byte
+	splitKCPPayload([]byte("single"), func(payload []byte) {
+		got = append(got, append([]byte(nil), payload...))
+	})
+	if len(got) != 1 || string(got[0]) != "single" {
+		t.Fatalf("split legacy payload = %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func testEpochHdr(epoch uint32) [epochHdrLen]byte {
 	var hdr [epochHdrLen]byte
 	copy(hdr[:], vp8Keepalive)
diff --git a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_unit_test.go b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_unit_test.go
index 98ce099..d68582e 100644
--- a/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_unit_test.go
+++ b/internal/transport/vp8channel/transport_unit_test.go
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@ import (
 
 var errVP8UnitBoom = errors.New("boom")
 
-func TestSampleIntervalWithBatch(t *testing.T) {
+func TestWriterCadenceStaysAtFrameInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	tr := &streamTransport{
 		frameInterval: time.Second / 60,
 		batchSize:     64,
 	}
-	want := time.Second / 60 / 64
-	if got := tr.sampleInterval(); got != want {
-		t.Fatalf("sampleInterval() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	if got := tr.frameInterval; got != time.Second/60 {
+		t.Fatalf("frameInterval = %v, want %v", got, time.Second/60)
 	}
 
 	tr.batchSize = 1
-	if got := tr.sampleInterval(); got != tr.frameInterval {
-		t.Fatalf("sampleInterval(batch=1) = %v, want %v", got, tr.frameInterval)
+	if got := tr.frameInterval; got != time.Second/60 {
+		t.Fatalf("frameInterval after batch change = %v, want %v", got, time.Second/60)
 	}
 }