[ToddSexington]

Thanks for the informative reply. I have had pretty good results with using Plex on the android box. I'm still evaluating options for playing from a NAS. I would like to be able to use kodi, because the general UX of its player is pretty good, although it seems that there is a challenge with large playlists that is a known issue. But after comparing a few players, Plex is by far more functional without extensive customization.

Edit; I did try a few rounds of party mode, and it the UX was still not very tight. I've found Plex to have the best UX, and cross-platform UX, of anything I've tried so far. I do hope that Plex gets integrated into kodi soon.