H.264 and H.265 decoding is handled by the VPU, and there was already a successful kickstarter to add mainline support for that: https://www.kickstarter.com/pro

H.264 and H.265 decoding is handled by the VPU, and there was already a successful kickstarter to add mainline support for that: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bootlin/allwinner-vpu-support-in-the-official-linux-kernel/comments https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bootlin/allwinner-vpu-s... Ditto for the HDMI PHY, you can spin up Xorg with a fully libre stack on nearly any of the Allwinner boards from OrangePi, FriendlyARM, etc. The Mali GPU is really only useful for OpenGL ES (aka video games).