diff --git a/src/rtpstreamer.cpp b/src/rtpstreamer.cpp
index ab391a8..e975431 100644
--- a/src/rtpstreamer.cpp
+++ b/src/rtpstreamer.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#include <libavutil/log.h>
 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
 #include <libavutil/opt.h>
 }
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ void RTPStreamer::allocResources() {
 	if(codecCtx != nullptr)
 		return;
 
+	av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_QUIET); // Suppress misleading log output due to not existing encoder hardware, we're doing our own error handling and logging
+
 	const AVCodec* codec;
 	std::vector<const char*> codecNames {"h264_nvenc", "h264_qsv", "h264_vaapi", "libx264"};
 	for (const auto &codecName : codecNames) {