I'm still looking for a VLC plugin that let's you stream to VLC via UPNP/DLNA. If that existed you could basically turn any raspberry pi into a Chromecast using your distro of choice and VLC.
Yeah and I used to use that, but it is a pain. If all you're doing is sending video from another device like you would with a Chromecast, all the features that come bundled in Kodi are bloat.