Aug 10, 2020

YouTube: We have detected multiple streams using the same stream key with auto-start enabled.

I am getting an error message when attempting to start a YouTube live stream that says: "We have detected multiple streams using the same stream key with auto-start enabled." The Stream tab takes me to a stream that was completed on August 3, but the interface makes it appear to still be active. It does not appear as a replay or active live video in Studio or in the Manage tab. I am attempting to set up another live stream for later today and am concerned this key sharing error will make our live feed appear in two separate URLs. Any thoughts?

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Jensen - TeamYouTube

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Aug 11, 2020

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your comments and screenshots! This is a known issue and we are looking to fix this soon. The main reason why this message appears is that you currently have multiple streams that use the same key. One on the "Stream" tab and another one on the "Manage" tab on the left hand side. We will work on fixing this so this doesn't happen in the future.

The fix for now:

Navigate to the Stream page on the left hand side
Create a new stream key you will not use for streaming (do not reset the stream key) - you can label this to make it stand out.
Select the newly created key for the stream you currently have on the Stream page.
Go back to the Manage page on the left, and schedule a new stream using a different stream key - this should be the stream key you have pasted in your encoder.

Essentially, you want to make sure that you are not using the same stream key in the Stream page compared to the Manage page. We are aware of this issue and are looking to fix this conflict ASAP.

Let me know if this helps!

*Note: Post edited for clarity.

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Gavin Partridge

Aug 10, 2020

Yep I'm getting this too when I try and set up a livestream.

I can tell you what will happen if you go live with the scheduled stream is that you'll get two streams running concurrently on your channel (the stream you've scheduled and like a "ghost" stream.

From what I can gather YouTube made some change's to livestreaming (again) last week. Not sure if something has gone wrong with the update or whether this is just how things are now?

No idea if there's a fix or a workaround etc I'm afraid.

Last edited Aug 10, 2020

ISKCON San Diego

Oct 1, 2020

I still have this issue. I also reported both bug and workaround for this issue in https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/70563146?hl=en

but youtube guys are sleeping on this bug for more than a month!!! I mean why you guys force us to use new live studio when it is not as functional as old classic live studio. this does not make any sense to me.

carminha villaverde

Oct 8, 2020

Please ! @TeamYouTube is no possible not to solve this situation ! Give us a solution ! You can do it !

Last edited Oct 8, 2020

David Stone 9830

Oct 9, 2020

Experienced the same issue tonight while streaming 2 separate HS sports events. Amazed that this is an issue that hasn't been resolved more timely given the events going on... Please escalate this issue, very frustrating for education...

Christopher Wilkes

Oct 9, 2020

I believe YouTube has removed the feature of having the ability of a single key to repetitively initiate a live stream.

Their silence is telling........ crickets......

Jeff Pettit

Oct 13, 2020

"I believe YouTube has removed the feature of having the ability of a single key to repetitively initiate a live stream."

How are we supposed to use an encoder with a static key for a daily repetitive stream?

Last edited Oct 13, 2020

pezzin

Oct 13, 2020

We are having the same issue here. We are trying to go live with parallel events, some that are scheduled via YT directly, using an external encoder, and others are managed via StreamYard. The problem is that it appears that the stream key is shared across all live events, this means you cannot have more than 1 event at a time.

Can you confirm this?

How can we fix it?

Thanks.

Massimiliano 5869

Oct 13, 2020

We also have the same problem.

Every time we start a new stream, we have to change the streaming key because otherwise the live will not start.

Until a few weeks ago, everything worked automatically.

No help?

Antonio Crovetti

Oct 15, 2020

I also have the same problem. As advised by "Jensen - TeamYouTube" I created an new event with a very distant date and assigning a different streamkey than the one I normally use, so I have no conflicts. There must be no streams with the same key

Last edited Oct 15, 2020

petroflip

Oct 17, 2020

Similar issue here. I had a Saturday morning event and 2 Sunday events at 9 and 11 scheduled, all with the key error because they use the same key as in the encoder. Starting the stream on my streaming unit, it skipped the Sat morning event and streamed on the Sunday 9am stream which was listed as the switch to stream in the error message. I have noticed when the stream finished it lingered in the stream area for at least 30 min and it wouldn't let me change over to the fake key as instructed.

So now I have 2 scheduled events for Sunday using the same key and I still get an error on one of my events, even though there is nothing in the stream area.

John Knox 9064

Nov 6, 2020

When is this issue likely to be resolved?

malcia444

Nov 27, 2020

I have the problem too.
Am I correct in assuming that the reason is because I already have a scheduled Livestream with the current stream key.

So it's saying that I cannot livestream immediaitely using that same key as a scheduled livestream.
I hope that this does not mean that my scheduled livestream will experience problems as the URL has been sent to a large expected audience. I'd love to test the theory but do not want to lose the scheduled livestream - maybe I can delete it and still use the same stream code when I replace it - which should keep the same URL.

I'd love some advice
Ian

Pk Gaming 1111

Nov 28, 2020

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