diff --git a/examples/client-publish-opus/main.go b/examples/client-publish-opus/main.go
index 53e60858..23bf6620 100644
--- a/examples/client-publish-opus/main.go
+++ b/examples/client-publish-opus/main.go
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("stream connected")
 
 	// create an Opus track
-	track, err := gortsplib.NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	track := gortsplib.NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
 
 	c := gortsplib.Client{}
 
diff --git a/track_opus.go b/track_opus.go
index 3db5fa85..926a6058 100644
--- a/track_opus.go
+++ b/track_opus.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ type TrackOpus struct {
 }
 
 // NewTrackOpus allocates a TrackOpus.
-func NewTrackOpus(payloadType uint8, sampleRate int, channelCount int) (*TrackOpus, error) {
+func NewTrackOpus(payloadType uint8, sampleRate int, channelCount int) *TrackOpus {
 	return &TrackOpus{
 		payloadType:  payloadType,
 		sampleRate:   sampleRate,
 		channelCount: channelCount,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 func newTrackOpusFromMediaDescription(
diff --git a/track_opus_test.go b/track_opus_test.go
index 7e8141b7..5fe9290b 100644
--- a/track_opus_test.go
+++ b/track_opus_test.go
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestTrackOpusNew(t *testing.T) {
-	track, err := NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	track := NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
 	require.Equal(t, "", track.GetControl())
 	require.Equal(t, 48000, track.ClockRate())
 	require.Equal(t, 2, track.ChannelCount())
 }
 
 func TestTracOpusClone(t *testing.T) {
-	track, err := NewTrackOpus(96, 96000, 4)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	track := NewTrackOpus(96, 96000, 4)
 
 	clone := track.clone()
 	require.NotSame(t, track, clone)
@@ -25,8 +23,7 @@ func TestTracOpusClone(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrackOpusMediaDescription(t *testing.T) {
-	track, err := NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	track := NewTrackOpus(96, 48000, 2)
 
 	require.Equal(t, &psdp.MediaDescription{
 		MediaName: psdp.MediaName{