Flatsonar

HandBrake

by HandBrake Team

Video Transcoder

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-2.0-only v1.11.2
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About

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Reasons you'll love Handbrake:

  • Convert video from nearly any format
  • Free and Open Source
  • Multi-Platform (Windows, Mac and Linux)

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • session management (logout, suspend)
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to xdg-run/gvfsd
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfsd
  • access to xdg-run/gvfs
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfs
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*
  • battery status
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.UPower

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

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