![]() I haven’t found any tool quite like these for Windows or Linux, sadly, but they’re a good alternative for Mac users that don’t like the browser extensions mentioned above. But I mention this widget here because you can also paste YouTube URLs on the widget to get them to play on your home theater PC. If you prefer old-school widgets, there’s a Dashboard widget that works the same way. You can use this to control Kodi using the on-screen buttons, or you can click the widget and then control Kodi using your Mac’s keyboard. Here’s a bonus for Mac users. You probably already know you can set up the Notification Center with all kinds of widgets, and as it turns out, there’s a pretty good widget for Kodi out there, which you can download from the Kodi forum. Send YouTube Videos from Your Mac with These Widgets In Play To Kodi for Chrome, seen above, you can also control Kodi entirely from the browser extension, which is a nice added bonus if you like to use your laptop while watching TV. This will either send the video over to Kodi or give you the option to do so. Open a YouTube video on your computer, then click the extension’s icon. Otherwise, all of these extensions essentially work the same way. For example, to play YouTube videos you need to install the YouTube add-on, and to play Vimeo videos you need to install the Vimeo add-on. Note that, in order for videos to work, you’ll need the appropriate add-on installed in Kodi. ![]() Safari: KodiPlay, which supports YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Hulu, Twitch, and more.Firefox: Send To XBMC/Kodi, which also lets you cast local videos from your computer.Chrome: Play To Kodi, which supports not only YouTube, but Hulu, Twitch, and a few other sites.On your computer, you can send YouTube links to Kodi using browser extensions. Send YouTube (and Other Web Video) Links From Your Computer’s Browser You might need both this IP address and your port number to set up the other programs in this article. Ideally, you’d also set a static IP address on your router so you don’t have to change your settings later.
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