Simple answer is omxplayer is ancient and its replacements have had far more recent work on them including support for new features.
MMAL is still ancient (but a little less so). On Pi4 and Pi5 you can't use HBR audio passthrough (DTS-HD, TrueHD) with MMAL, but you can with the latest interfaces (arm side ALSA, and V4L2/DRM for video).
OK, but will Rpi5 be able to decode Dts hd ma and True hd to PCM 5.1 96Khz? from a 1080i H264 Video