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How to evaluate this indefinite integrate $\csc(4x)\sin(x)$

I tried to integrate the following integral using Integrate[Sin[x]Csc[4x],x] and I am getting a strange result. $$\frac{1}{8 \sqrt{2}}\left(-2 i \text{ArcTan}\left[\frac{\text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]-\left(-1+\sqrt{2}\right) \text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]}{\left(1+\sqrt{2}\right) \text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]-\text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]}\right]-2 i \text{ArcTan}\left[\frac{\text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]-\left(1+\sqrt{2}\right) \text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]}{\left(-1+\sqrt{2}\right) \text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]-\text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]}\right]+2 \sqrt{2} \text{Log}\left[\text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]-\text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]\right]-2 \sqrt{2} \text{Log}\left[\text{Cos}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]+\text{Sin}\left[\frac{x}{2}\right]\right]+2 \text{Log}\left[\sqrt{2}+2 \text{Sin}[x]\right]-\text{Log}\left[2-\sqrt{2} \text{Cos}[x]-\sqrt{2} \text{Sin}[x]\right]-\text{Log}\left[2+\sqrt{2} \text{Cos}[x]-\sqrt{2} \text{Sin}[x]\right]\right) $$

While the answer is $${1 \over 8} \log(\sin x - 1) - {1\over 8}\log(1 + \sin(x))+{1 \over \sqrt 2}\text{ArcTan} (\sqrt2 \sin(x)) $$

Why am I getting this strange result? Are those two answers equivalent? How to avoid such strange results?

Sorry if the question is inappropriate!

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