[FFmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] lavf/whip: improve RTP muxer error message

[Jack Lau via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

Hi

> On Jan 20, 2026, at 19:45, Devraj Ajmera via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This patch improves the error message shown when the RTP muxer
> cannot be guessed in the WHIP muxer, making the failure reason
> clearer to users.
> 
> Regards,
> Devraj Ajmera
> From 854c0b01a67da3549acbac1200f00b2b0f680907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: devraj ajmera <devrajajmera077@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:02:23 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH] lavf/whip: improve RTP muxer error message
> 
> ---
>  libavformat/whip.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libavformat/whip.c b/libavformat/whip.c
> index 6a9b208f69..875cb43a04 100644
> --- a/libavformat/whip.c
> +++ b/libavformat/whip.c
> @@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ static int create_rtp_muxer(AVFormatContext *s)
>       const AVOutputFormat *rtp_format = av_guess_format("rtp", NULL, NULL);
>      if (!rtp_format) {
> -        av_log(whip, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to guess rtp muxer\n");
> +        av_log(whip, AV_LOG_ERROR,"WHIP: failed to guess RTP muxer, ensure RTP is enabled in build\n”);
There’s no need prefix “WHIP:” since this av_log already has `avcl`

And you might be prefer submit patch to https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
>          ret = AVERROR(ENOSYS);
>          goto end;
>      }
> -- 
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Thanks,
Jack
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