Zoom Webinar Livestream to YouTube - Stuck in audio loop

[bpi]

Hello! I used the "Livestream to YouTube" feature for the first time and had a bad experience:

Every 20 seconds, it restarted the audio, overlapping on top of me continuing to present. You couldn't understand what I was saying because it was restarting the webinar on top of me over and over again. After 3 minutes, I ended the event because it sounded like 10 of me talking over myself. Both the Zoom Webinar recording and YouTube livestream recording sound like this.

Has anyone else had this issue? Any fixes?

[Ray_Harwood · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @bpi.

I’m guessing two things happened:

• You were watching the YouTube stream with the audio unmuted
• Your audio setup was feeding both your mic and your computer audio into Zoom

The YouTube audio is delayed by 15-20 seconds … So it goes back into Zoom and then the same audio comes out of YouTube 20 seconds later – exactly as you described.

You’ll need to find a way to monitor your live stream without audio. 

[jhonmu689]

Hi @bpi,

It sounds like there was an audio feedback loop triggered by your livestream setup. One common cause is monitoring your own livestream with speakers or unmuted playback, which can send the delayed audio back into your microphone or audio interface. This creates a repeating echo effect that builds up and overlaps with your live voice.

To avoid this in future sessions, make sure your livestream playback (like on YouTube) is completely muted or monitored through headphones that don’t feed back into the mic. Also, check your audio routing in Zoom and your operating system to ensure that only your microphone is being transmitted, not system or browser audio.

Regards