Thinking of a Vero 4K - some questions first

[grahamh]

You don’t have to use the Library but things get a lot easier if you do. Have a look here

[Wiki] Noobs guide to Kodi

Getting started with Kodi This is not supposed to be a detailed How-To but a brief overview of Kodi for those unfamiliar with it with some things to consider when setting up your system. Inspired by this thread. Kodi is a mediacentre which is available for a wide range of devices. It can organise all your audio and video media files and on-line sources; share its database of your media with other devices; grab data from the internet relevant to your media (artwork, artist bios, subtitles, …

and in the Kodi Wiki.

@dortmunder

Am I right in saying the Vero isn’t a player, it just provides Kodi as the player? Or can other players’ software be used?

Vero is designed to work with a customised version of Kodi. Kodi provides the GUI, so other software will not work if it relies on a windowing environment like X11.