pastrami

To be clearer on a part that I accidentally glanced over, I’ll use Yatse (connected to Kodi) to play the stream on VLC Android, which then can proxy cast to the Chromecast, no plugin needed. But the Yatse part is just a convenience - as long as you can get the video stream directly (ex. http://192.168.x.x:8080/vfs/%2Fmedia%2Fuser%2Fmovie_drive%2Fmovies%2Fgood_movie.mp4 or similar), VLC android can play (and cast) that directly. One possible way to get this URL is to access the Kodi web interface, stream a video to your browser, and copy the streaming link while it is playing.

And as for subtitles, I think they cast fine too as long as they are part of the video file itself and not a separate .srt.

You might try one of Global Pattern’s compilations: https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-possible-future

https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-brighter-perspective

I use this same method to stream to Chromecast regularly (with Kodi). I will sometimes have issues with some encodings, or desyncs when pausing, but it is solid enough to support streaming full movies at 4K.