diff --git a/video/fmt-conversion.c b/video/fmt-conversion.c
index 23c40bb1ac..e44ff8c91d 100644
--- a/video/fmt-conversion.c
+++ b/video/fmt-conversion.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ enum PixelFormat imgfmt2pixfmt(int fmt)
             break;
     pix_fmt = conversion_map[i].pix_fmt;
     if (pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_NONE)
-        mp_msg(MSGT_GLOBAL, MSGL_ERR, "Unsupported format %s\n", vo_format_name(fmt));
+        mp_msg(MSGT_GLOBAL, MSGL_V, "Unsupported format %s\n", vo_format_name(fmt));
     return pix_fmt;
 }