diff --git a/apps/transmitmedia.cpp b/apps/transmitmedia.cpp
index 8ec4751dd..30c602587 100644
--- a/apps/transmitmedia.cpp
+++ b/apps/transmitmedia.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ SrtCommon::~SrtCommon()
 SrtSource::SrtSource(string host, int port, const map<string,string>& par)
 {
     Init(host, port, par, false);
-    hostport_copy = srt::ocat(host, ":"_V, port);
+    hostport_copy = srt::fmtcat(host, ":"_V, port);
 }
 
 int SrtSource::Read(size_t chunk, MediaPacket& pkt, ostream &out_stats)
diff --git a/apps/uriparser.cpp b/apps/uriparser.cpp
index 91a91bd84..a0c7ce278 100644
--- a/apps/uriparser.cpp
+++ b/apps/uriparser.cpp
@@ -68,35 +68,35 @@ string UriParser::makeUri()
 
     ofmtstream out;
 
-    oprint(out, prefix, m_host);
+    out.print(prefix, m_host);
     if ((m_port == "" || m_port == "0") && m_expect == EXPECT_FILE)
     {
         // Do not add port
     }
     else
     {
-        oprint(out, ":"_V, m_port);
+        out.print(":"_V, m_port);
     }
 
     if (m_path != "")
     {
         if (m_path[0] != '/')
-            oprint(out, "/"_V);
-        oprint(out, m_path);
+            out.print("/"_V);
+        out.print(m_path);
     }
 
     if (!m_mapQuery.empty())
     {
-        oprint(out, "?"_V);
+        out.print("?"_V);
 
         query_it i = m_mapQuery.begin();
         for (;;)
         {
-            oprint(out, i->first, "="_V, i->second);
+            out.print(i->first, "="_V, i->second);
             ++i;
             if (i == m_mapQuery.end())
                 break;
-            oprint(out, "&"_V);
+            out.print("&"_V);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/srtcore/ofmt.h b/srtcore/ofmt.h
index e2af8b46b..301c5dd85 100644
--- a/srtcore/ofmt.h
+++ b/srtcore/ofmt.h
@@ -312,6 +312,36 @@ class ofmtstream
     {
         return buffer.str();
     }
+
+// Additionally for C++11
+#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus > 199711L) \
+ || (defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG > 199711L) // Some earlier versions get this wrong
+    void print_chain()
+    {
+    }
+
+    template<typename Arg1, typename... Args>
+    void print_chain(const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args)
+    {
+        *this << arg1;
+        print_chain(args...);
+    }
+
+    template<typename... Args>
+    ofmtstream& print(const Args&... args)
+    {
+        print_chain(args...);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    template<typename... Args>
+    ofmtstream& puts(const Args&... args)
+    {
+        print_chain(args...);
+        buffer << std::endl;
+        return *this;
+    }
+#endif
 };
 
 // Additionally for C++11
@@ -323,24 +353,11 @@ inline internal::fmt_stringview operator""_V(const char* ptr, size_t s)
     return internal::fmt_stringview(ptr, s);
 }
 
-template<typename Stream> inline
-Stream& oprint(Stream& out)
-{
-    return out;
-}
-
-template<typename Stream, typename Arg1, typename... Args> inline
-Stream& oprint(Stream& out, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args)
-{
-    out << arg1;
-    return oprint(out, args...);
-}
-
 template <typename... Args> inline
-std::string ocat(const Args&... args)
+std::string fmtcat(const Args&... args)
 {
     ofmtstream out;
-    oprint(out, args...);
+    out.print(args...);
     return out.str();
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +383,7 @@ std::string fmts(const Value& val, const fmtc& fmtspec)
 }
 
 // This prevents the macro from being used with anything else
-// than a string literal
+// than a string literal. Version of ""_V UDL available for C++03.
 #define OFMT_RAWSTR(arg) srt::internal::CreateRawString_FWD("" arg)
 
 
diff --git a/testing/testmedia.cpp b/testing/testmedia.cpp
index d50e5fa5c..8414d9c78 100755
--- a/testing/testmedia.cpp
+++ b/testing/testmedia.cpp
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ void SrtCommon::UpdateGroupStatus(const SRT_SOCKGROUPDATA* grpdata, size_t grpda
 SrtSource::SrtSource(string host, int port, std::string path, const map<string,string>& par)
 {
     Init(host, port, path, par, SRT_EPOLL_IN);
-    hostport_copy = srt::ocat(host, ":"_V, port);
+    hostport_copy = srt::fmtcat(host, ":"_V, port);
 }
 
 static void PrintSrtStats(SRTSOCKET sock, bool clr, bool bw, bool stats)