If Rick Rolled Relax

If you have ever selected a stream of a favourite TV show or movie and suddenly found yourself watching a 1980’s Rick Astley video, relax. It’s been an occurrence that may periodically pop up and it’s called within the community “being Rick Rolled”.

When your Kodi system (Streaming TV Box) is searching the internet for streams, there is a particular source that has been restricting usage by inserting the classic Rick Astley music video. Another version of this “block” previously used was some footage of some pigeons. Since the system is simply scanning for all possible sources of your stream, this source may occasionally get included. Typically, viewers will find that this playback has been happening when using the “TheVideo” sources.

A development regarding this source involves the option of unlocking these streams when blocked. Now instead of Rick showing up, there’s a prompt directing the viewer to a website URL so they can temporarily unblock the content. You would need to use a computer on the same network as your Kodi device to access the site. Although free to exercise this option, we would recommend that viewers simply select another source.

What’s the best way to fix this problem once and for all? Use a premium Real-Debrid subscription. For more information on Real-Debrid, see our article here.

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Enjoy!