Send to Kodi

Sends YouTube videos, video and music links to Kodi for playback. Adds a right click menu for links pointing to YouTube and audio/video files for direct playback on your TV with Kodi. Works with all versions of Kodi (tested up to v17.1 Krypton).

Send to Kodi: Stream YouTube and Other Media Directly to Kodi

"Send to Kodi" is a Firefox add-on that enables direct streaming of YouTube videos, along with audio and video links to Kodi. The add-on adds a right-click menu for links to YouTube and various audio/video files, including mp4, mkv, mov, avi, flv, wmv, asf, webm, ogv for video; mp3, flac, mka, m4a, aac, ogg, pls, oga for audio and jpg, png, gif, jpeg, tiff for images. It also adds a "Send to Kodi" button in the YouTube URL bar. The add-on supports multiple Kodi servers configuration.

Add-on stats

Users: 1,192
8
Rating: 3.77
(13)
Version: 3.1.1resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2013-02-10
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
  • menus
  • webRequest
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 67.98K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Sends YouTube videos, video and music links to Kodi for playback.

  • Adds a right click menu for links pointing to YouTube and audio/video files for direct playback on your TV with Kodi.
  • Adds a "Send to Kodi" button in the URL bar on YouTube video pages
  • Configure multiple Kodi server in the addon options

Currently supported file extensions:

Videos: mp4/mkv/mov/avi/flv/wmv/asf/webm/ogv Audio: mp3/flac/mka/m4a/aac/ogg/pls/oga Images: jpg/png/gif/jpeg/tiff All YouTube urls

Source code, issues and bug reports can be found on GitHub

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works perfectly for playing music from YouTube onto Kodi machine
  • Great functionality
  • User loves the 'Send to Kodi' in the address bar
Cons
  • Last commit from 2017, indicating it might not be updated
  • Does not have SSL support
  • Unfriendly configuration page
  • Issues with VPN and firewall blocking
Most mentioned
  • Kodi
  • Functionality
  • SSL support
User reviews
I use this every day, probably 100 times at work to play music from youtube onto my kodi machine.. works perfectly. If you can't get it working make sure you don't have a VPN running or firewall blocking...
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Send to Kodi requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Send to Kodi is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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