i run kodi via flatpak:
acas@t6:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Armbian 24.11.2 noble
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble
acas@t6:~$ flatpak list
Name Application ID Version Branch Installation
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-23.08.27 23.08 system
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-24.08.9 24.08 system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.3.1 23.08 system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.3.1 23.08-extra system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.3.1 24.08 system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.3.1 24.08extra system
openh264 org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.1.0 2.2.0 system
openh264 org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.4.1 2.4.1 system
Freedesktop SDK org.freedesktop.Sdk freedesktop-sdk-24.08.10 24.08 system
OpenJDK 17 SDK Extension org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.openjdk17 24.08 system
Kodi tv.kodi.Kodi 21.1-Omega stable system
the video output I believe is hardware accelerated as it reports 'Mali-G610 (panfrost)' under settings -> system info -> video (as opposed to llvmpipe) with Mesa 24.3.1 and wayland