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VLC Android crops subtitles in Fit To Screen mode

One of the last few update have broken the positioning of subtitles on Android. For a 16:9 video file on a 18.5:9 screen, half of the last subtitle line is out of the screen.

Screenshot: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Av12sl-tXybzgZl4vkE13Nw_U98WIw

How to reproduce:\

  1. Open a video file with 16:9 aspect ratio (my example is 1920x1080) and a subtitle\
  2. Switch on the subtitles\
  3. Switch to Fit To Screen mode to let VLC fill the entire screen\

Expected result: all lines of the subtitle is properly visible and readable\

Actual result: the last subtitle line is cut in half and barely readable\

VLC vesion: 3.0.13\ Phone model: Samsung SM-G955F (Galaxy S8+)\ Android version: 8.0.0 (RN16NW.G955FXXU2CRF7)\

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