02 Mar 2025

Setting up Kodi with Real-Debrid

Installing Kodi

This is entirely dependent on your platform:

Installing on a Fire Stick

A common, and cheap smart TV stick which converts any TV into a smart TV.

Kodi is not natively available through app store but it is quite easy to install.

Firstly, go into the Fire Stick appstore and download the Downloader app.

Next, go to your Fire Stick settings. Then under My Fire TV, go to the About section, here at the top of this list should be the name of your device. Quickly tap this selection until you receive a notification on the bottom that says “No need, you are already a developer.”

Now, go back to the My Fire TV section and go to Developer options. Here you want to click Install unknown apps and enable it for Downloader.

Now, open Downloader, and in the URL search bar, type https://kodi.tv/download/android/, and you want to download the ARMV7A (32BIT) option. Allow this to install through any popups that come.

Setting up Kodi for Real Debrid

Creating a Real Debrid account

Head to the Real Debrid website, and create an account.

Once you’ve created an account, head to the Premium Offers tab, and purchase a subscription.

I suggest purchasing the +180 days subscription, as this gives you the best bang for your buck, and you won’t have to worry about renewing your subscription for 6 months.

Some General Purpose Settings

In Settings > Player > Language, set Preferred audio language to english. This will make any played audio choose english over any other languages it may support.

In Settings > Interface > Regional, set Language to english.

Add-ons

In Settings > File manager, we’re going to add some sources here.

Click add source, with the link of the following, make sure to set a name for the source if one isn’t autofilled:

After you add these sources, go to Settings > Add-ons > Install from zip file.

Under each of the sources you added before, choose that source and install the .zip file inside of that source.

Now go to Settings > Add-ons > Install from repository

And install the following:

Umbrella Repository > Video add-ons > Umbrella
CocoScrapers Repository > Program add-ons > CocoScrapers Module
ivarbrandt’s Repository > Look and feel > Nimbus (optional)

Setting up Umbrella

Go to Settings > Add-ons > My add-ons > Video add-ons > Umbrella > Configure

Here is where we can configure how the media you’re going to be watching is handled, setup some player settings, connect Real Debrid, etc.

Under TV Shows, you can enable auto play next episode by toggling: Continuous Episode Playback Settings -> Enable PlayNext popup

Under Sorting and Filters, you can disable things that will show up in the search results, i HIGHLY recommend excluding Pre-release results, 3D Files, HDR files and Dolby Vision files, as these can often have trouble playing on your platform, or will have strange / bad qualities. As well, you can set the highest quality, adjust this according to what your platform can handle.

In Online Services, I highly reccomend linking Trakt account, with the Authorize button under the Trakt section (and creating one if you haven’t yet, at trakt.tv). This tracks everything you watch and allows you to easily pick up still watching TV episodes.

In Accounts (Debrid) this is where you setup Real Debrid. Under the Real-Debrid section click Authorize and link your Real Debrid account.

Under providers, the first toggle needs you to enable External Providers, and you will be picking the cocoscrapers module for this.

That’s it!

If you wanted to setup a custom look, the optional link i provided earlier has a skin which enhances the look of your Kodi.

Setting up Nimbus (Optional)

This section requires the add-on listed as optional.

If you installed Nimbus it should’ve automatically enabled it, if it hasn’t, go to Settings > Interface > Skin, and set the skin to Nimbus.

Now go to Settings > Skin settings > Main menu items

First, click Remake menus and widgets, then under Movies and TV Shows, use the Set main menu path to set where these widgets should link to, (Umbrella > Explore Movies / TV Shows > Use as path).

One thing I do, which I highly recommend, is to add a section for (Umbrella > My TV Shows > In ProgressSeries). If you watch a lot of TV, as I do, this will save all of your currently watched (and completed watched) shows into one quickly accessible section.

Feel free to disable all of the other widgets, as most of these will most likely remain unused. You can use the customs to setup a specific section in Umbrella (or any other add-on you have).

Finally, in Settings > Skin Settings > Search, make sure you set the search provider to Umbrella. This will allow the search button to search directly through fen light for sources, otherwise it won’t work.

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