A few developers have created LibreELEC builds for the sun50iw9p1 with hardware video decoding. Check the “Allwinner H6 LibreELEC” thread on the LibreELEC forum – some users report success after swapping the uImage and script.bin .
For enthusiasts, the sun50iw9p1 is well-supported by the community. You can often find "Clean" Android ROMs that remove bloatware or specialized Linux distributions like Armbian. These are particularly popular for the Orange Pi Zero 2, turning the sun50iw9p1 into a powerful micro-server or retro-gaming console. Precautions and Troubleshooting sun50iw9p1 firmware