Haven't use Windows for a while, on macOS I used to use NFS to access files on a LAN server but switched to WebDAV as well because it seems easier and cleaner to use WebDAV compare to SMB/NFS, since it does not require extra services or opened ports on server.
Nowadays I mainly use linux distro, the main use case of accessing files from LAN server is watching movies or TV series. I just create m3u/m3u8 playlist on server and play it through HTTP (not necessarily use WebDAV in this case). this way could avoid potential troubles I could get from mounting a remote directory.
# LAN server
ls -1 *.mp4 >playlist.m3u
# computer, mpv with "save-position-on-quit"
mpv http://raspberrypi.lan/path/to/playlist.m3u
The problem with webdav on windows explorer for me has always been the lag. Windows explorer has never really handled remotes with latency well, and webdav is one of those when you access a server across the globe
Nowadays I mainly use linux distro, the main use case of accessing files from LAN server is watching movies or TV series. I just create m3u/m3u8 playlist on server and play it through HTTP (not necessarily use WebDAV in this case). this way could avoid potential troubles I could get from mounting a remote directory.