Configuring Online Streaming and Sermon Videos
Troubleshooting YouTube Automated Livestream
If your automated YouTube livestream is not displaying correctly when using the “Current YouTube Live Stream” option with your Channel ID, try the following:
Issue: Livestream Shows “Video Unavailable” or Doesn’t Load
Symptoms:
- The livestream embed shows “Video unavailable”
- The page loads but no video appears
- Direct YouTube embeds work, but the automated channel livestream doesn’t
Solution:
Check your YouTube channel for old or upcoming scheduled livestreams and delete them:
- Go to your YouTube Studio
- Navigate to Content > Live
- Look for any OLD scheduled lives or upcoming scheduled streams
- Delete these old/scheduled livestream entries
- Test your livestream page again
Why this happens: YouTube’s automated channel livestream embed (/embed/live_stream?channel=YOUR_CHANNEL_ID) can be blocked when there are multiple scheduled or past livestream entries in your channel. Removing these allows YouTube to properly identify and serve your current live stream.
Additional Requirements:
- Ensure your livestream is set to Public (not Unlisted or Private)
- Verify that embedding is allowed in your YouTube stream settings
- Make sure you’re using “Current YouTube Live Stream” provider (with Channel ID), not “YouTube” provider (with Video ID)