Play Youtube videos on your TV using your XBMC
--Discontinued--
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Play any Youtube video on your XBMC with a click of a button.
Browse www.youtube.com comfortable on your laptop and share the good stuff on the big screen.
You can find the button under the video now.
Configuration:
Put the IP or the host name in the adress field like this
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1:8080
HOSTNAME:8080
Use the support email I've put into the extensions configuration section, it is not viable to answer questions in the comments. Currently not working with a xBox.
Donate in Bitcoin if you like:
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Changelog
1.4
- new feature: send videos directly from the search site
1.3
- added the possibility to add names to the buttons, thanks to Joshua for this!
- known issue: videoplayer on youtube doesn't stop automatically when using html5
1.2
- fixed an issue where the extension wouldn't work on certain systems
1.1.2
- added debugging
- youtube layout changes
1.1
- compatible to Frodo RC2
- corrections for youtube layout
1.0.5
- compensate for minor layout change on youtube
1.0.4
- old and new youtube layout are supported again
1.0.3
- adapted to youtube layout change
1.0
- Feature: Add to playlist button (just click on the '+' to add it to your current playlist)
- Notifications: Visual feedback if the video has been added
0.8
- update for future chrome versions
- Update to work with the latest nightlys (06/07/12)
0.7
- fixed a rare issue where the extension won't work with XBMC
- cosmetic stuff
0.6.1
- update to work with Eden RC2
0.5.4
- fixed a layout issue
0.5.3
- compatible with the HTTPS version of Youtube
0.5.2
- update for the youtube layout change (Thanks to kasperh)
0.5.1
- fixed a bug where not every Youtube video was playing correctly (Thanks to Anthony)
- fixed a layout issue
0.5
- compatible with recent nightly builds of XBMC
- added an option to select different buttons (new designs are welcome, Email me)
- use the 'Textbutton' only with the new youtube UI (http://www.youtube.com/cosmicpanda)
(doesn't look that great on the regular youtube yet)
0.4.2
- fixed an issue that prevented some videos from playing. Thanks to Anthony on that one. :)
0.4.1
- better error catching if the XBMC configuration is not valid
- the button(s) will now indicate that the video is being transferred
0.4
- added ability to use more than one XBMC
0.3
- updated to work with the new youtube UI (http://www.youtube.com/cosmicpanda)
0.2
- added ability to change the port
- added ability to use a host name rather than an IP
- added ability to enter a username/pw
0.1
- initial release
Latest reviews
- (2020-09-04) P N: C'est marqué "discontinued". ça veut dire que ça ne marche plus. It's an abandonned extension.
- (2017-09-07) Austin France: Was brilliant, sadly no longer works.
- (2017-04-08) Kimberly Stancil: thankx :)
- (2016-11-25) Timothy Cudd: works!
- (2015-07-14) Nika Nakaidze: SPYWARE
- (2015-02-22) Maor Magori: exactly what i was looking for! a great little button to send the video over to the TV!
- (2015-01-14) Luis Angel Marquina: Funciona perfectamente con XBMC (Raspberry Pi)
- (2014-12-19) Sup Na: looking for this. Great addon
- (2014-04-20) trencart severine: je n'arrive pas à l'installer
- (2014-04-05) Great addon!
- (2013-11-21) Chris Considine: I really like this extension, however it appears that all the "Vevo" sponsored videos (which is almost every music video) do not work with this extension. Would love to see a patch or update in the future to fix this.
- (2013-11-09) cputurbopc: Thank you for making this, it works perfect with openelec 3.0.6 on RPi.
- (2013-04-03) Jens Greenwood: does what it should do. awesome.
- (2013-03-30) Brian B: Great addon. Could do with auto connection wizard so you do not have to find XBMC ip details etc.
- (2013-03-14) Ólafur Ólafsson: I'm loving this application and the person writing it, responds to problem fast and this app works all the time !!
- (2013-03-09) Scott Roach: Works well and supports multiple XBMC clients.
- (2013-03-08) Connor Gandy: Lindsey Stirling pictures... That's enough to get a 5 star off me :D
- (2013-03-07) Great extension. As per some previous suggestions, I would love the send option to be in the right click menu as well. :)
- (2013-03-05) Love this! Thanks for adding my feature suggestions!
- (2013-02-17) Jan Hagemejer: It worked perfectly on my ATV2 xbmc. But now I upgraded to Frodo and it does not work anymore.
- (2013-01-23) Mitja Mihelič: Stopped working around the end of 2012.
- (2013-01-04) Alvin Brinson: STILL Does NOT work.
- (2013-01-02) Bill Johnson: Works perfectly! Thank you so much. Is there anyway you can add a "Right click -> Send to xbmc" So I dont have to open the video on my computer first?
- (2012-12-27) Arun Satyanarayana: works like a charm......the only problem is that this does not work with the latest beta of XBMC Frodo
- (2012-12-10) Teun Koeman: Whenever I try to send a video from youtube to xbmc, I get the error message: something went wrong.. Could this extension not be compatible with XBMC 12?
- (2012-11-17) Geoffrey Oxholm: Awesome. Thanks.