How to stream online videos from Chrome to XBMC

Recently I have encountered a problem, where I wanted to stream online media from my browser to XBMC.
I have discovered that this is a fairly easy task to accomplish when the video is from a well known site, such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, CollegeHumor, eBaumsWorld, Twitch.TV, SoundCloud or MixCloud. There are a few plugins such as 'Play to XBMC' or 'Send2XBCM' that allow for such streaming.

Here I will guide you through the steps to do this with almost any site.

Step 1:

Install the plugins

You will need to install 2 plugins to accomplish this task:

1. FVD Video Downloader
2. PlayIt on XBMC [EDIT] I now use Play to XBMC plugin instead

I am sure that a plugin can be created to accomplish this task in a single plugin, but as of now I could not find one.

The first plugin will find the URL of the video file we want to stream to XBMC.

The second plugin will do the streaming. Make sure to set the correct name or IP address of your XBMC machine in the plugin.

Step 2:

Install the PlayIt addon on XBMC

To be able to stream to XBMC a video we will need to install the PlayIt XBMC addon.

You need to install the aj add-ons XBMC repository on XBMC and then install the PlayIt service.

More detailed instructions can be found here.

[EDIT]

I started using Play to XBMC which works very well and does not require any installation on XBMC.

Step 3:

Stream a video to XBMC

All we need to do now is go to the site of the video we want to watch on XBMC.

Once the video starts playing the 'FVD Video Downloader' icon will turn blue.

Click on the icon and find the video name in the list of found media.

You can now copy the URL of the file being played (probably an mp4 file) into a new tab.

Now click on the PlayIt icon and choose "Play Active URL".

After a few seconds the video should play on XBMC.