diff --git a/srt/data_chain.go b/srt/data_chain.go
index 94e34fc..982f41e 100644
--- a/srt/data_chain.go
+++ b/srt/data_chain.go
@@ -13,12 +13,20 @@ type Datum struct {
 	next *Datum
 }
 
+// linked chain of datums, specifically to store continuous segments
+// when a packet is missed, start and end can be used to generate lost
+// packet reports, and easily link when missing is received
+// 1..2..3..4  6..7..8..9
+// chain_1	chain_2
+// nack: get 5
 type DatumLink struct {
-	queued int
+	queued int // remove eventually, was to be used for ACK recv rate calcs, not needed
 	root *Datum
 	end *Datum
 }
 
+// data type and function to allow sorting so order can be ignored during
+// linking since each is sequential on outset
 type chains []*DatumLink
 
 func (c chains) Len() (int) {
@@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ func (c chains) Swap(i, j int) {
 	c[i], c[j] = c[j], c[i]
 }
 
+// chain_1 is less then chain_2 when chain_1 ends before chain_2 starts
 func (c chains) Less(i, j int) (bool) {
 	x_1 := c[i].end.seq_num
 	x_2 := c[j].root.seq_num
@@ -43,6 +52,7 @@ type DatumStorage struct {
 	offshoots chains
 }
 
+// append new packet to end of buffer
 func (buffer *DatumLink) NewDatum(pkt *Packet) {
 	datum := new(Datum)
 	datum.seq_num = pkt.header_info.(*DataHeader).seq_num
@@ -53,6 +63,7 @@ func (buffer *DatumLink) NewDatum(pkt *Packet) {
 	buffer.end = datum
 }
 
+// create a new datumlink with root and end at the given packet
 func NewDatumLink(pkt *Packet) (*DatumLink) {
 	buffer := new(DatumLink)
 	root_datum := new(Datum)
@@ -66,12 +77,14 @@ func NewDatumLink(pkt *Packet) (*DatumLink) {
 	return buffer
 }
 
+// initialize storage with the given data packet, in the main chain
 func NewDatumStorage(packet *Packet) (*DatumStorage) {
 	storage := new(DatumStorage)
 	storage.main = NewDatumLink(packet)
 	return storage
 }
 
+// purge all packets in the main chain except the last for future linkage
 func (storage *DatumStorage) Expunge(output io.WriteCloser) (error) {
 	curr_datum := storage.main.root
 	seq_num_end := storage.main.end.seq_num
@@ -86,6 +99,7 @@ func (storage *DatumStorage) Expunge(output io.WriteCloser) (error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// check if the given sequence number should already be inside the given buffer
 func (buffer *DatumLink) Holds(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	start := buffer.root.seq_num
 	end := buffer.end.seq_num
@@ -98,6 +112,8 @@ func (buffer *DatumLink) Holds(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	return true
 }
 
+// check if the given seq num lies before the given buffer starts
+// buffer is After seq num?
 func (buffer *DatumLink) After(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	start := buffer.root.seq_num
 	if serial_less(new_seq_num, start, 31) {
@@ -106,6 +122,8 @@ func (buffer *DatumLink) After(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	return false
 }
 
+// check if the given seq num lies after the given buffer starts
+// buffer is Before seq num?
 func (buffer *DatumLink) Before(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	end := buffer.end.seq_num
 	if serial_less(end, new_seq_num, 31) {
@@ -114,6 +132,7 @@ func (buffer *DatumLink) Before(new_seq_num uint32) (bool) {
 	return false
 }
 
+// add the given packet to the appropriate buffer or add a new offshoot buffer
 func (storage *DatumStorage) NewDatum(pkt *Packet) {
 	new_pkt_num := pkt.header_info.(*DataHeader).seq_num
 	prev_num := (new_pkt_num - 1) % uint32(1 << 31)
@@ -139,12 +158,16 @@ func (storage *DatumStorage) NewDatum(pkt *Packet) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Link 2 buffers to each other
 func (buffer *DatumLink) Link(buffer_next *DatumLink) {
 	buffer.end.next = buffer_next.root
 	buffer.end = buffer_next.end
 	buffer.queued += buffer_next.queued
 }
 
+// check if the start of the buffer_next is sequentially next to the end of buffer
+// or it is too late to get the true next packets to link and the packets must be linked
+// given a 31-bit wrap around
 func check_append_serial_next(buffer *DatumLink, buffer_next *DatumLink, curr_time uint32) (bool) {
 	seq_1 := buffer.end.seq_num
 	seq_2 := (seq_1 + 1) % uint32(math.Pow(2, 31))
@@ -155,6 +178,7 @@ func check_append_serial_next(buffer *DatumLink, buffer_next *DatumLink, curr_ti
 	return false
 }
 
+// Given the current storage state, check what packets need to added to fully link main
 func (storage *DatumStorage) GenNACKCIF() (*NACKCIF, bool) {
 	if len(storage.offshoots) == 0 {
 		return nil, false
@@ -173,13 +197,14 @@ func (storage *DatumStorage) GenNACKCIF() (*NACKCIF, bool) {
 	return cif, true
 }
 
+// Try to relink all chains wherever possible or necessary due to TLPKTDROP
 func (storage *DatumStorage) Relink(curr_time uint32) {
 	sort.Sort(storage.offshoots)
 	buffer := storage.main
 	i := 0
 	for i < len(storage.offshoots) {
 		if check_append_serial_next(buffer, storage.offshoots[i], curr_time) {
-			storage.offshoots = append(storage.offshoots[:i], storage.offshoots[i + 1:]...)
+			storage.offshoots = append(storage.offshoots[:i], storage.offshoots[i + 1:]...) // nuke the chain since it is not needed anymore
 		} else {
 			buffer = storage.offshoots[i]
 			i++
@@ -187,6 +212,7 @@ func (storage *DatumStorage) Relink(curr_time uint32) {
 	}
 }
 
+// check if a is less than b under serial arithmetic (modulo operations)
 func serial_less(a uint32, b uint32, bits int) (bool) {
 	if (a < b && b-a < (1 << (bits - 1))) || (a > b && a-b > (1 << (bits - 1))) {
 		return true
diff --git a/srt/intake.go b/srt/intake.go
index 3cf7c0b..4963597 100644
--- a/srt/intake.go
+++ b/srt/intake.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func NewIntake(l net.PacketConn, max_conns int) (*Intake) {
 	intake := new(Intake)
 	intake.max_conns = max_conns
 	intake.tunnels = make([]*Tunnel, 0)
-	intake.buffer = make([]byte, 1500)
+	intake.buffer = make([]byte, 1500) // each packet is restricted to a max size of 1500
 	intake.socket = l
 
 	return intake
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ func (intake *Intake) NewTunnel(l net.PacketConn, peer net.Addr) (*Tunnel) {
 		tunnel := new(Tunnel)
 		tunnel.socket = l
 		tunnel.peer = peer
-		tunnel.queue = make(chan []byte, 10)
+		tunnel.queue = make(chan []byte, 10) // packet buffer, will cause packet loss if low
 		intake.tunnels = append(intake.tunnels, tunnel)
-		go tunnel.Start()
+		go tunnel.Start() // start the tunnel SRT processing
 		return tunnel
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func (intake *Intake) NewTunnel(l net.PacketConn, peer net.Addr) (*Tunnel) {
 func (intake *Intake) get_tunnel(peer net.Addr) (*Tunnel) {
 	var tunnel *Tunnel
 	for i := 0; i < len(intake.tunnels); i++ {
+		// check if tunnels are broken and remove
 		if intake.tunnels[i].broken {
 			intake.tunnels[i].Shutdown()
 			intake.tunnels = append(intake.tunnels[:i], intake.tunnels[i+1:]...)
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ func (intake *Intake) get_tunnel(peer net.Addr) (*Tunnel) {
 			tunnel = intake.tunnels[i]
 		}
 	}
+	// if no tunnel was found, make one
+	// should be after conclusion handshake, but wanted to keep all protocol
+	// related actions separate from UDP handling
 	if tunnel == nil {
 		tunnel = intake.NewTunnel(intake.socket, peer)
 	}
@@ -58,14 +62,16 @@ func (intake *Intake) get_tunnel(peer net.Addr) (*Tunnel) {
 func (intake *Intake) Read() {
 	n, peer, err := intake.socket.ReadFrom(intake.buffer)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return // ignore UDP errors
 	}
+	// find the SRT/UDT tunnel corresponding to the given peer
 	tunnel := intake.get_tunnel(peer)
 	if tunnel == nil {
 		return
 	}
 	pkt := make([]byte, n)
 	copy(pkt, intake.buffer[:n])
+	// send a copy to the corresponding tunnels packet queue if not full
 	select {
 	case tunnel.queue <- pkt:
 	default:
diff --git a/srt/packet.go b/srt/packet.go
index b72cdac..296ef99 100644
--- a/srt/packet.go
+++ b/srt/packet.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 )
 
+// arbitrary indexing
 const (
 	DATA uint8 = iota
 	HANDSHAKE
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ const (
 	DROP
 )
 
+// see SRT protocol RFC for information
 type ControlHeader struct {
 	ctrl_type uint16
 	ctrl_subtype uint16
@@ -80,23 +82,26 @@ type pckts_range struct {
 	end uint32
 }
 
+// should be safe to ignore
 type DROPCIF struct {
 	to_drop pckts_range
 }
 
+// header and cif are interfaces to allow easier typing, fitting above structs
 type Packet struct {
 	packet_type uint8
 	timestamp uint32
 	dest_sock uint32
-	header_info interface{}
+	header_info interface{} 
 	cif interface{}
 }
 
+// completely pointless since only implementing receiver, here anyway
 func marshall_data_packet(packet *Packet, header []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	info, ok_head := packet.header_info.(*DataHeader)
 	data, ok_data := packet.cif.([]byte)
 	if !ok_head || !ok_data {
-		return header, errors.New("data packet does not have data header")
+		return header, errors.New("data packet does not have data header or data")
 		}
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(header[:4], info.seq_num)
 	head2 := (uint32(info.msg_flags) << 26) + info.msg_num
@@ -162,6 +167,9 @@ func marshall_nack_cif(data *NACKCIF) ([]byte) {
 	return loss_list_bytes
 }
 
+// locations and length are determined by protocol,
+// no real point abstracting that
+// could be cleaner with reflects, but added work for very little real gain
 func marshall_ack_cif(data *ACKCIF) ([]byte) {
 	cif := make([]byte, 28)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(cif[:4], data.last_acked)
@@ -175,6 +183,7 @@ func marshall_ack_cif(data *ACKCIF) ([]byte) {
 	return cif
 }
 
+// same as above
 func marshall_hs_cif(data *HandshakeCIF) ([]byte) {
 	cif := make([]byte, 48)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(cif[:4], data.version)
@@ -231,7 +240,7 @@ func MarshallPacket(packet *Packet, agent *SRTManager) ([]byte, error) {
 func parse_data_packet(pkt *Packet, buffer []byte) (error) {
 	info := new(DataHeader)
 	info.seq_num = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buffer[:4])
-	info.msg_flags = buffer[4] >> 2
+	info.msg_flags = buffer[4] >> 2 // unsused since live streaming makes it irrelevant, kk for encrypt eventually
 	info.msg_num = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buffer[4:8]) & 0x03ffffff
 
 	pkt.header_info = info
diff --git a/srt/protocol.go b/srt/protocol.go
index 80f1f8c..47cc157 100644
--- a/srt/protocol.go
+++ b/srt/protocol.go
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ func NewSRTManager(l net.PacketConn) (*SRTManager) {
 	agent := new(SRTManager)
 	agent.init = time.Now()
 	agent.socket = l
-	agent.bw = 15000
+	agent.bw = 15000 // in pkts (mtu bytes) per second
 	agent.mtu = 1500
 	return agent
 }
 
+// adds basic information present in all packets, timestamp and destination SRT socket
 func (agent *SRTManager) create_basic_header() (*Packet) {
 	packet := new(Packet)
 	packet.timestamp = uint32(time.Now().Sub(agent.init).Microseconds())
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_induction_resp() (*Packet) {
 
 	packet.cif = cif
 
+	// use the handshake as a placeholder ack-ackack rtt initializer
 	var init_ping_time [2]time.Time
 	init_ping_time[0] = time.Now()
 	agent.pings = append(agent.pings, init_ping_time)
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_induction_resp() (*Packet) {
 	return packet
 }
 
+// not ideal, but works
 func (agent *SRTManager) make_syn_cookie(peer net.Addr) {
 	t := uint32(time.Now().Unix()) >> 6
 	s := sha256.New()
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_conclusion_resp() (*Packet) {
 
 	cif := new(HandshakeCIF)
 	cif.version = 5
-	cif.ext_field = 0x1
+	cif.ext_field = 0x1 // 1 for HS-ext, does not allow encryption currently
 	cif.sock_id = 1
 	cif.mtu = agent.mtu
 	cif.max_flow = 8192
@@ -145,6 +148,8 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) process_conclusion(packet *Packet) (*Packet) {
 		hs_cif := packet.cif.(*HandshakeCIF)
 		if hs_cif.hs_type == 0xffffffff && hs_cif.syn_cookie == agent.syn_cookie {
 			for _, v := range hs_cif.hs_extensions {
+				// force client to add a stream_id for output location
+				// to do: add encryption handling
 				switch v.ext_type {
 				case 5:
 					writer, stream_key, ok := CheckStreamID(v.ext_contents.([]byte))
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) process_conclusion(packet *Packet) (*Packet) {
 				}
 			}
 			agent.pings[0][1] = time.Now()
+			// if output was successfully initialized, proceed with data looping
 			if agent.output != nil {
 				agent.state = DATA_LOOP
 				return resp_packet
@@ -180,9 +186,13 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_ack_report() (*Packet) {
 	packet.header_info = info
 
 	cif := new(ACKCIF)
+	// main has the latest unbroken chain, either no other packets, or 
+	// missing packet which must be nak'd
 	cif.last_acked = agent.storage.main.end.seq_num
 	cif.bw = agent.bw
 
+	// calculate rtt variance from valid ping pairs, use last value as rtt of last
+	// exchange since that's what it is
 	var rtt_sum uint32
 	var rtt_2_sum uint32
 	var rtt uint32
@@ -198,7 +208,10 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_ack_report() (*Packet) {
 	cif.rtt = rtt
 	cif.var_rtt = uint32(rtt_2_sum / rtt_n) - uint32(math.Pow(float64(rtt_sum / rtt_n), 2))
 
+	// use the packets received since the last ack report was sent to calc
+	// estimated recv rates
 	cif.pkt_recv_rate = uint32(len(agent.pkt_sizes) * 100)
+	// arbitrary, should use len(channel) to set this but doesn't really seem to matter
 	cif.buff_size = 100
 	var bytes_recvd uint32
 	for _, v := range agent.pkt_sizes {
@@ -210,6 +223,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_ack_report() (*Packet) {
 
 	var next_ping_pair [2]time.Time
 	next_ping_pair[0] = time.Now()
+	// only keep last 100 acks, use offset for correct ackack ping indexing
 	if len(agent.pings) >= 100 {
 		agent.pings = append(agent.pings[1:], next_ping_pair)
 		agent.ping_offset++
@@ -220,6 +234,7 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_ack_report() (*Packet) {
 	return packet
 }
 
+// only need the recieve time from ackacks for rtt calcs, ignore otherwise
 func (agent *SRTManager) handle_ackack(packet *Packet) {
 	ack_num := packet.header_info.(*ControlHeader).tsi
 	agent.pings[int(ack_num) - agent.ping_offset][1] = time.Now()
@@ -243,9 +258,12 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) create_nack_report() (*Packet) {
 	return packet
 }
 
+// handling packets during data loop
 func (agent *SRTManager) process_data(packet *Packet) (*Packet) {
 	switch packet.packet_type {
 	case DATA:
+		// if data, add to storage, linking, etc
+		// then check if ack or nack can be generated (every 10 ms)
 		agent.handle_data_storage(packet)
 		if time.Now().Sub(agent.pings[len(agent.pings) - 1][0]).Milliseconds() >= 10 {
 			return agent.create_ack_report()
@@ -256,6 +274,8 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) process_data(packet *Packet) (*Packet) {
 	case ACKACK:
 		agent.handle_ackack(packet)
 	case SHUTDOWN:
+		// state 3 should raise error and shutdown tunnel,
+		// for now start cleanup procedure in 10s
 		agent.state = 3
 		go CleanFiles(agent.stream_key, 10)
 	default:
@@ -265,18 +285,26 @@ func (agent *SRTManager) process_data(packet *Packet) (*Packet) {
 }
 
 func (agent *SRTManager) handle_data_storage(packet *Packet) {
+	// data packets always have []byte as "cif"
 	agent.pkt_sizes = append(agent.pkt_sizes, uint32(len(packet.cif.([]byte))))
+	// initialize storage if does not exist, else add where it can
 	if agent.storage == nil {
 		agent.storage = NewDatumStorage(packet)
 	} else {
 		agent.storage.NewDatum(packet)
 	}
+	// attempt to relink any offshoots
+	// timestamp for TLPKTDROP
 	if len(agent.storage.offshoots) != 0 {
 		agent.storage.Relink(packet.timestamp)
 	}
+	// write out all possible packets
 	agent.storage.Expunge(agent.output)
 }
 
+// determines appropriate packets and responses depending on tunnel state
+// some need to ignore depending on state, eg
+// late induction requests during conclusion phase
 func (agent *SRTManager) Process(packet *Packet) (*Packet, error) {
 	switch agent.state {
 	case INDUCTION:
diff --git a/srt/server.go b/srt/server.go
index 4fd0f86..b576e92 100644
--- a/srt/server.go
+++ b/srt/server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
+// main entry point, no concept of tunnels in UDP so need to implement
+// that separately and cannot simply add a max connlimit here like with RTMP
 func NewServer(port string) (error) {
 	l, err := net.ListenPacket("udp", ":" + port)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -15,12 +17,13 @@ func NewServer(port string) (error) {
 }
 
 func start(l net.PacketConn) {
+	// basic panic logging for debugging mostly
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			fmt.Println(r)
 		}
 	}()
-	intake := NewIntake(l, 1)
+	intake := NewIntake(l, 1) // limit to one concurrent tunnel
 	for {
 		intake.Read()
 	}
diff --git a/srt/stream_ids.go b/srt/stream_ids.go
index ab5b36c..7f598e1 100644
--- a/srt/stream_ids.go
+++ b/srt/stream_ids.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"stream_server/transcoder"
 	"time"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"fmt"
 )
 
+// spawn a transcoder instance and return its stdin pipe
 func NewWriter(stream_key string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	transcoder_in, err := transcoder.NewTranscoder(stream_key)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ func NewWriter(stream_key string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	return transcoder_in, nil
 }
 
+// check if the init.mp4 segment has been modified in between a given sleep time
+// if it hasn't (stream disconnected for longer) delete it
+// else a new stream has started which shouldn't be deleted
 func CleanFiles(stream_key string, delay time.Duration) {
 	time.Sleep(delay * time.Second)
 	base_dir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ func CleanFiles(stream_key string, delay time.Duration) {
 	}
 }
 
+// stream_id is in reverse order, len is multiple of 4 padded with 0
+// get the string, check if corresponding folder exists, then attempt
+// to spawn a transcoder instance
 func CheckStreamID(stream_id []byte) (io.WriteCloser, string, bool) {
 	stream_key := make([]byte, 0)
 	for i := len(stream_id) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ func CheckStreamID(stream_id []byte) (io.WriteCloser, string, bool) {
 	return nil, stream_key_string, false
 }
 
+// checks if folder exists corresponding to the stream_key
 func check_stream_key(stream_key string) (bool) {
 	base_dir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if fileinfo, err := os.Stat(base_dir + "/live/" + stream_key); err == nil && fileinfo.IsDir() {
diff --git a/srt/tunnel.go b/srt/tunnel.go
index ac0acbd..aa338b8 100644
--- a/srt/tunnel.go
+++ b/srt/tunnel.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ func (tunnel *Tunnel) Start() {
 			fmt.Println(r)
 		}
 		*a = true
-	}(&(tunnel.broken))
+	}(&(tunnel.broken)) // force mark tunnel for deletion if any error occurs
 	tunnel.state = NewSRTManager(tunnel.socket)
+	// central tunnel loop, read incoming, process and generate response
+	// write response if any
 	for {
 		packet, err := tunnel.ReadPacket()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func (tunnel *Tunnel) Start() {
 	}
 }
 
+// send a shutdown command, for use when tunnel gets broken
+// not ideal but works
 func (tunnel *Tunnel) Shutdown() {
 	if tunnel.state != nil && tunnel.state.state > 1 {
 		packet := tunnel.state.create_basic_header()
@@ -63,6 +67,6 @@ func (tunnel *Tunnel) WritePacket(packet *Packet) {
 }
 
 func (tunnel *Tunnel) ReadPacket() (*Packet, error) {
-	packet := <- tunnel.queue
+	packet := <- tunnel.queue // blocking read, should add timeout here
 	return ParsePacket(packet)
 }