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September 9, 2021

Transcription feature crashing Zoom

  • September 9, 2021
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I'm an IT guy at a school and we have started to have a very weird issue with Zoom ever since the 5.7.6 update. Many of the teachers at the school use the live transcription feature in their Zoom calls, and since the 5.7.6 update these people have reported that Zoom starts to crash in slow motion when using this feature. First, names of the participants will disappear, then videos of participants disappear, though the teacher can still hear the students. Then the teacher is unable to click on any buttons in Zoom, so they can't share their screen or control breakout rooms or do anything they would normally be able to do. They cannot even turn the transcription feature off. It usually only starts this weirdness about 20-30 minutes into calls. It is still happening with the latest 5.7.7 update also. Has anybody else come across this issue? Any ideas on how to resolve it? It seems to only affect Windows machines - Macs have not had this issue.

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    Newcomer
    September 9, 2021

    I too work at a school and teachers have encountered that exact same problem. It's occurring on different networks, both personal and in office buildings so it doesn't appear to be network bandwidth. We are a PC school.

    Newcomer
    September 9, 2021

    We're having this issue too with 5.7.7 version. We're a business, not a school. Co-hosts and hosts are experiencing the issue. Rebooting the computer is the only option - we haven't even been able to leave the meeting once it starts freezing.

    Newcomer
    September 9, 2021

    I'm glad to hear that we are not the only ones having this issue. Hopefully we can get some kind of response from Zoom.

    Newcomer
    September 10, 2021

    I've also created a ticket for this and they have elevated the issue.

    Newcomer
    September 10, 2021

    Thanks @bshelley. Do you have a link to the ticket by chance that I can follow? Having the same issues.

    Newcomer
    September 10, 2021

    Following: We've had a subset of users (all Windows) with the same issue.  An update just came out for Windows.  Any indication that this resolves the issue?  Thanks!

    Newcomer
    September 13, 2021

    Would be interested to hear any update on this. A user has reported losing access to hosting controls and screen freezing in 2 out of their 3 meetings this week. The only meeting they didn't freeze was in the one where they forgot to turn on transcription. 

    Newcomer
    September 13, 2021

    The reply I got to my ticket was the Sept 10th update resolved this issue. I am in the process of testing it will users but so far it appears to have worked.

    Newcomer
    September 14, 2021

    That is good to hear. We will test out the Sept 10th update to see if that resolves it.

    Newcomer
    September 14, 2021

    I'm an admin; getting reports of intermittent screen freezing at various intervals when live transcription is on. 
    This and many other issues related to screen freezing and loosing participant video windows seem to have started within the last 2 weeks after updates.  

    Newcomer
    September 15, 2021

    Likewise - we had a report of this on 13th September. The user was on 5.7.7.1105

    Newcomer
    September 15, 2021

    Interesting that in the release notes for 5.7.7 (1105) 

     

    Release notes of 5.7.7 (1105)
    Resolved Issues
    -Resolved an issue for a subset of users with AMD processors regarding video freezing in meetings
    -Minor bug fixes

    Newcomer
    September 16, 2021

    My teachers have found that the update and then restarting the computer solved the issue. I have also suggested that once they turn live transcription on they hide their subtitle from their own view.

    Newcomer
    September 21, 2021

    Has anyone resolved this? I have had two meetings where 20 mins in i lose control, only option is to shut pc down and leave co-host running meeting, but then i end up losing control again after a while when re-joinng. all meetings 2 hours long with varying numbers 70-118 attending. Never had this issue before when not using live transcription, just seems since i am using this its all going wrong? 

     

    Newcomer
    September 21, 2021

    Try uninstalling the desktop client, then download a fresh copy from zoom.us/downloads - that has seemed to work for several of our users.  The barage of Zoom updates seems to have caused this, an they state the most recent update resolved the issues, but....others who continued to experience this behavior did the uninstall / download.