Play to Kodi

Play, queue and remote control your favourite online media on Kodi.

What is Play to Kodi?

"Play to Kodi" is a Google Chrome extension. It allows users to play, queue, and remotely control their favorite online media on Kodi. Websites supported include YouTube, Twitch.tv, AnimeLab and much more. Users can also manage their favorite content for easy access. It requires Kodi Eden (v11) or later, the relevant plugin installed on Kodi with the YouTube plugin being version 4.4.4 or later. Use it to enjoy a smooth and seamless online media experience with Kodi.

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By: khloke

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.44 (528)

Version: 1.9.2 (Last updated: 2019-04-30)

Creation date: 2019-04-29

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
*://www.googleapis.com/*
http://*/*
contextMenus

Size: 287.74K

Ranking

# 4907 ▼ 37

Other rankings

#1656 in Just for Fun ▲ 4 #13 in play keyword 24 ▲ 5

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Play to Kodi (v1.9.2resigned1)

4.41

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Extension summary

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A Google Chrome Extension for playing online content on Kodi. Supported sites include YouTube, Twitch.tv, AnimeLab and many more.

Requirements: -Kodi Eden (v11) or later -The relevant plugin installed on Kodi -YouTube plugin must be version 4.4.4 or later

How to use:

"Play now" button sends the currently playing video of your active tab to Kodi. If there are videos currently in a queue, it would be cleared and the current video would be played.
"+Queue (X)" button puts the video of your current tab to the end of the playlist on Kodi. A number in parenthesis shows the number of items currently in the queue.
"+Favourite" button keeps the video of your current tab in your favourite list for easy access.
Drag and drop your favourites to rearrange them.
With the extension window open, you can use some of your keyboard keys to remotely control Kodi. These keys are: Arrow keys, Backspace, Enter, "I" and "C".
Right click on YouTube links to play or queue.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Very useful for sending videos to Kodi
Easy to use with setup along with Android remotes
Great functionality for YouTube
Works well in general and is reliable

Cons

Limited support for websites beyond YouTube
Issues with magnet links due to recent Chrome updates
Does not support multiple Kodi devices
Soundcloud stopped working after a CoreElec update

Most mentioned

Support for additional websites like Bitchute and Rumble is needed
Requests for Elementum support for magnet links
Issues with sending videos added to pages via JavaScript
Good performance overall for sending videos

Recent reviews

Fantastic! One of my absolute most "can't live without" extensions. The biggest problem with it is it only attaches itself to supported videos on load. If videos are added to the page later via javascript, you don't have the option of sending those new links to Kodi.

Kaylakaze - (Kaylakaze), 2023-01-30

Great extension. One thing to note is that if you do restrict the extension's website access, you need to go into the Manage Extensions window and ADD your kodi system's ip address to the exceptions otherwise the extension won't be able to communicate with Kodi if you just use the default allow youtube.com option that pops by default on Chrome.