diff --git a/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/camera.py b/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/camera.py
index 3eaaba8b7..b8ab03ca1 100644
--- a/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/camera.py
+++ b/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/camera.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ArloCamera(ScryptedDeviceBase, Camera, VideoCamera, Intercom, MotionSensor
             pc = self.pc = BackgroundRTCPeerConnection()
             self.sdp_answered = False
 
-            pc.add_audio(options)
+            await pc.add_audio(options)
 
             offer = await pc.createOffer()
             self.logger.info(f"Arlo offer sdp:\n{offer.sdp}")
diff --git a/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/rtcpeerconnection.py b/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/rtcpeerconnection.py
index f696f17a3..22f5c4799 100644
--- a/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/rtcpeerconnection.py
+++ b/plugins/arlo/src/arlo_plugin/rtcpeerconnection.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ from aiortc.contrib.media import MediaPlayer
 import asyncio
 import threading
 import logging
+import os
 import queue
 import sys
+import tempfile
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
 # construct logger instance to be used by BackgroundRTCPeerConnection
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
         self.thread.start()
         self.thread_started.get()
 
+        self.pending_tasks = set()
+        self.stopped = False
+        self.cleanup_background = None
+
     def __background_main(self):
         logger.debug(f"Background RTC loop {self.thread.name} starting")
         self.pc = RTCPeerConnection()
@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
         self.thread_started.put(True)
         self.background_loop.run_forever()
 
+        if self.cleanup_background is not None:
+            self.cleanup_background()
+
         logger.debug(f"Background RTC loop {self.thread.name} exiting")
 
     async def __run_background(self, coroutine, await_result=True, stop_loop=False):
@@ -83,7 +93,14 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
                     self.background_loop.stop()
 
             task = self.background_loop.create_task(coroutine)
+            self.pending_tasks.add(task)
             task.add_done_callback(callback)
+            task.add_done_callback(self.pending_tasks.discard)
+            task.add_done_callback(
+                lambda _:
+                self.background_loop.stop() if self.stopped and len(self.pending_tasks)
+                else None
+            )
 
         # start the callback in the background loop
         self.background_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(background_callback)
@@ -105,9 +122,12 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
         return await self.__run_background(self.pc.addIceCandidate(candidate))
 
     async def close(self):
+        if self.stopped:
+            return
+        self.stopped = True
         await self.__run_background(self.pc.close(), await_result=False, stop_loop=True)
 
-    def add_audio(self, options):
+    async def add_audio(self, options):
         """Adds an audio track to the RTCPeerConnection given FFmpeg options.
 
         This constructs a MediaPlayer in the background thread's asyncio loop,
@@ -127,6 +147,9 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
 
         logger.info(f"Intercom sourced from {input} with format {format}")
 
+        if format == "sdp" and input.startswith("tcp"):
+            input = await self.__sdp_to_file(input)
+
         def add_audio_background():
             media_player = MediaPlayer(input, format=format, options=options)
 
@@ -140,4 +163,36 @@ class BackgroundRTCPeerConnection:
 
             self.pc.addTrack(media_player.audio)
 
-        self.background_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(add_audio_background)
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+        self.background_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(add_audio_background)
+
+    async def __sdp_to_file(self, endpoint):
+        url = urlparse(endpoint)
+        logger.debug(f"Reading sdp file from {url.hostname}:{url.port}")
+        reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(url.hostname, url.port)
+
+        sdp_contents = bytes()
+        while True:
+            line = await reader.readline()
+            if not line:
+                break
+            sdp_contents += line
+
+        logger.debug("Finished reading sdp")
+
+        writer.close()
+        await writer.wait_closed()
+
+        logger.info(f"Received intercom input sdp:\n{sdp_contents.decode('utf-8')}")
+
+        fd, filename = tempfile.mkstemp(".sdp")
+        os.write(fd, sdp_contents)
+        os.close(fd)
+
+        logger.info(f"Wrote sdp to file {filename}")
+
+        def cleanup_background():
+            os.remove(filename)
+            logger.info(f"Deleted sdp file {filename}")
+        self.cleanup_background = cleanup_background
+
+        return filename
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