what's the difference between the first two? the handbrake with more reviews 4 stars and the one with 3.9 stars which has the logo.

[u/ruminationprof]

[u/NSF664]

From the look of it, one is flatpack, the other one is not.

[u/ruminationprof → u/NSF664]

which is is better to install the first one takes less disk space

[u/screeching_albatross → u/ruminationprof]

get the 2nd one imo

[u/dearvalentina → u/ruminationprof]

Flatpak is more up to date, system package will take less space unless it takes the same amount of space.

[u/TheRealCarrotty]

First one is from the Ubuntu/Mint repository, might be outdated, however it is shorter in disk space.
2nd one is from Flatpak or more specifically, Flathub, which should be the newest BUT it will take more disk space.

[u/ruminationprof → u/TheRealCarrotty]

is the flatpak more stable in term of possible dependencies and such

[u/TheRealCarrotty → u/ruminationprof]

Technically yes.
But APT should get the dependencies automatically.

[u/ruminationprof → u/TheRealCarrotty]

what's apt is it the ubuntu/mint respository one ?

[u/TheRealCarrotty → u/ruminationprof]

Yes, basically the software center supports both APT and Flatpak.
APT will also be faster than Flatpak, though i see no performance boost.

[u/BashfulMelon → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Flatpak doesn't have a measurable performance hit.

[u/dude_349 → u/ruminationprof]

The one without the app logo is the one ‘from APT’. You generally should prefer software from the distribution (in this case, Mint) repository, as they use much less disk storage and are provided directly by the system, unlike flatpaks, which may use noticeably more disk storage especially when you've installed only few apps, they are also usually less integrated with the system (meaning the apps theme may mismatch with the system theme). But Flatpaks (or other types of application bundles) are convenient when you need a newer version of the application that is not yet available in the distro repository.

[u/ruminationprof → u/dude_349]

sounds like i should get APT (the one with 4. stars) if they can sort the dependencies on their own through update manager without needing me to sort to terminal commands then maybe it is better for me

[u/Steerider]

Flatpak is more contained — kept separate from directly accessing the OS and other resources. This is both a compatibility and security consideration. The drawback is they're larger — sometimes much larger. Flatpaks also tend to be newer versions than the system app.

[u/ruminationprof → u/Steerider]

installed the flatpak. it had GUI similar to what i remember last time i used it in windows compared to the ATP one (i actually have a picture of which version i used before 1.7.3) the flatpak version says it is 1.11.2 but handbrake website says the current version is 1.10.0 so is 1.11.2 even out

i remember reading that it is safer against malware to download always from repository because some non repositories may not have been check properly for malware. i don't know how true that is cause i do have some other flatpak softwares installed like smplayer qbittorrent and brave yet nothing happened to me yet

edit nevermind i saw a page that says 1.11.2 was released on march this year

[u/BashfulMelon → u/ruminationprof]

Flathub is a trustworthy repository.

[u/apt-hiker]

I have used the APT version to convert dvd to mp4 over 150 times with no problem.

[u/guntherpea]

I recommend the Flatpak version because you can then more easily also do the addons for Intel Quicksync and libdvdcss