I did a quick update to Version 20250717-rk3588-gbm on my Orange Pi 5 using the tar and was initially full of excitement at seeing the options to pick either ELG or Direct to Plane for the hardware acceleration.
But most (X265 in particular) content tested either showed 'Inactive' for hardware acceleration or just ended up with a spinning wheel and 'Working' , where nothing would even begin to play, regardless of whether I chose EGL (which was more successful overall) or Direct to Plane.
But then I also had to remind myself that H265 hardware acceleration has not been implemented for inclusion yet anyway, so my expectations were unrealistic for what I was generally testing.
But I did also wonder whether a fresh installation is the best initial way to go anyway, so will do this and report back.
A definite step forward with the ability to choose these options and I can already see what direction this is heading, which is positive.
The cleaner hack definitely takes things another step forward.