FFMPEG gives an error for rtp_mpegts on fedora; "Requested output format 'rtp_mpegts' is not a suitable output format"

[kiran370]

Summary of the bug:
How to reproduce:

% ffmpeg -f v4l2 -i /dev/video0 -s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vcodec h264 -r 30 -g 15 -ar 0 -streamid 0:48 -bf 2  -f rtp_mpegts rtp://239.0.32.0:50000



    ffmpeg version 2.4.11 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
    built on Aug 26 2015 19:46:08 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC) 20150212 (Red Hat 4.9.2-6) configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=i686 --optflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libdc1394 --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib --cpu=i686 --enable-runtime-cpudetect libavutil 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100 libavcodec 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100 libavformat 56. 4.101 / 56. 4.101 libavdevice 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 libavfilter 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 0.100 / 3. 0.100 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 0.100 / 53. 0.100 Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video0': Duration: N/A, start: 554538.584009, bitrate: 199065 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (YUY2 / 0x32595559), yuyv422, 1920x1080, 199065 kb/s, 6 fps, 6 tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc

    [NULL @ 0x8e94d00] Requested output format 'rtp_mpegts' is not a suitable output format rtp://239.0.32.0:50000: Invalid argument

ffmpeg version
ffmpeg version 2.4.11 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
built on Aug 26 2015 19:46:08 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC) 20150212 (Red Hat 4.9.2-6)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=i686 --optflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libdc1394 --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib --cpu=i686 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil      54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
libavcodec     56.  1.100 / 56.  1.100
libavformat    56.  4.101 / 56.  4.101
libavdevice    56.  0.100 / 56.  0.100
libavfilter     5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
libswscale      3.  0.100 /  3.  0.100
libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
libpostproc    53.  0.100 / 53.  0.100

built on ...

Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this bug tracker.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

rtp_mpegts exists since 2.6

[kiran370]

fixed by installing FFmpeg Static Builds version