Kodi Beginners: How to Install YouTube Addon

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kodi-beginners-how-to-install-youtube-addonYouTube has the world’s largest video archive. In Kodi, it is at the top of the list of kodi add-ons that need to be installed. YouTube add-on is necessary for movie trailers, custom channels. Almost all video addons use that in Kodi background. In this tutorial, we show how to install YouTube add-on to Kodi.

This tutorial created on windows system and Kodi 17 Krypton. It should work on similar systems. If you have any problem feel free to leave a comment. We’ll be glad to assist you.

YouTube Kodi Setup and Installation Guide

1. Open KODI

2. Add-ons

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3. Enter the add-on browser (Icon Box)

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4. Install from repository

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5. Select Kodi Add-on Repository

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6. Enter Video add-ons

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7. YouTube

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8. Install

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9. We should see the notification: YouTube Add-on Enabled
Now, YouTube Add-on has been installed.

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10. Back to Add-ons menu open YouTube add-on

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11. We should see the notification: Execute setup-wizard?

Select Yes

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12. We should see the notification: Language and region?

Select Yes

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13. Select language

We chose german for example.

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14. Select region

We chose Deutschland for example.

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15. Now, YouTube addon has been successfully installed.

Sample screen:

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How to Change Video Quality of YouTube on Kodi?

YouTube add-on plays videos with 720p resolution by default. You can change the video resolution in the add-on settings.

1. Enter YouTube addon settings

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2. In General tab, set Video Quality

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How to Connect YouTube Account to Kodi?

1. Open YouTube Add-on

2. Sign In

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3. We should see the notification: Please log in twice!
You must enable two applications so that YouTube is functioning properly.

Select OK

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4. We should see the notification: Sign In
Go to ‘youtube.com/activate‘ and enter the following code:XXXX-XXXX

Go to youtube.com/activate copy-paste your code and complete the authorization process.

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