Elementum is an addon for Kodi that uses BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, to stream movies and TV shows in great video quality. Due to its P2P nature, Elementum uses both download and upload bandwidth while you’re watching a video. Depending on your location, you might need a VPN to protect your privacy while using torrents.

Forked from Quasar, Elementum uses a new torrent engine with extended storage features like streaming directly to the device’s memory, downloading to a NAS or FAT32 systems, and more.

In this tutorial we’re going to install Elementum on Kodi, let’s begin.

 

Downloading Elementum

1. Go to Elementum’s official website and download the proper package for your system. Remember the folder where you download the file, we’ll be using it later.elementum kodi addon official website

 

FireTV and most Android Boxes should download the Android arm package. Nvidia Shield uses the Android arm64 package. Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 running Raspbian use the Linux arm7 package. If you’re not sure about your system specifications, download the All-in-One package.

 

Preparing Kodi

Before installing Elementum we must allow the use of 3rd party addons on Kodi, we also need to allow Kodi to communicate with other applications via json-rpc so it can talk to the torrent engine.

2. Open the Settings by pressing the cog icon near the top left corner of the Home Screen.Kodi system settings on estuary skin
3. Select System settings. kodi system settings
4. Make sure the Add-ons tab is selected, enable Show notifications and Unknown sources. enable unknown sources on kodi 17 krypton estuary
5. Go back to the System screen and this time select Service settings. Service settings on Kodi with Estuary skin
6. Highlight the Control tab and enable Allow remote control from applications on other systems. 
7. Restart Kodi. Click the Power button on the top left corner of the Home Screen and select Exit to properly close Kodi. (You can also use the S key on your keyboard)restart kodi

 

Installing Elementum

Now we are ready to install Elementum on Kodi.

8. Open Kodi and press the Add-ons tab on the Home Screen. addons tab on estuary skin with kodi 17
9. Open the Add-ons Browser by pressing the box icon on the top left corner of the screen. Addon browser on Kodi 17 with estuary
10. Select Install from zip file. installing from zip fileon kodi 17 with estuary
11. Locate the installation file downloaded earlier and click on it to install Elementum and the Elementum Repository. elementum kodi addon installation zip file
12. Wait a couple of seconds and you’ll be presented with the settings dialog. We need to select a storage method and set a download folder. Use Download storage type to select the storage method and Download Path to set a folder for Elementum.
There are 4 storage types:

  • Use files: it’ll store the video in the file system just like Quasar did.
  • Use memory: stores fragments of the video in memory while streaming, disk is only used to store the .torrent file, not the video itself.
  • Use FAT32: it’ll split large videos into smaller files to fit the size limits of FAT32 file systems.
  • MMap file: optimized method for storing the video on the file system using less operations.

set Elementum storage type on Kodi

It’s important to set a Download path since Elementum must store .torrent files in it, even when using memory as storage type. We recommend creating a folder for Elementum with a downloads sub-folder in it, we’ll use C:\elementum\downloads\ for demonstration purposes but you should choose a better location.

13. Back in the Home Screen, you should now see a shortcut to Elementum on the Add-ons tab. Elementum Kodi Addon

 

Restart Kodi if the addon crashes after installation. You’ll be prompted to install Elementum Burst. Burst is a multi-provider addon responsible for searching torrents in several indexing websites. Please read How to install Elementum Burst if the automatic installation fails.

To use the library with Elementum please read Library Integration with Elementum and Kodi. Elementum can also access your Trakt account, please read How to use Trakt with Elementum for more information.

Elementum supports subtitles but if you need more control over the subtitles selection process please read How to enable subtitles on Kodi.

 

Elementum WebUI

Elementum features a web interface to manage your torrents remotely from other devices on your local network.

14. Using a web browser go to http://kodi_local_IP_address:65220/web/ to access the Elementum WebUI. Kodi Elementum WebUI

 

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