From Computer To Kodi

i cant believe i am posting this since it is something i thought i would be bound to find an answer to on google, but i just couldn’t.

What is the simplest way to browse/play media files that are on my computer using Kodi on my RetroPie device? Same network of course.

i can probably fo something with VLC, but then i would have to have VLC running and a media library setup.