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Hi all,
Thanks in advance for all you do. Using VLC 3.02 on Debian 9x
I have just installed VLC 3.02 Vetinari and cannot get the subtitles to position at the bottom in many files. These ALL (mainly .srt ) worked correctly in previous versions,
I have reset everything, uninstalled, reinstalled and changed advanced preferences as I have done before. Some files work, most don't, Subtitles keep defaulting to the top of the screen no matter what I do. Please help, it's driving me crazy
Many thanks again.
Best wishes,
Bren

It's because you have set a negative value for the subtitle position and version 3+ uses negative values as relative to the top of the screen. That's good, but it also makes it impossible to lower the subs below the (too-high) default. I have always set it to -80px so that it is flush with the bottom of the screen (below the actual bottom of the video itself), and now it doesn't work.

They need to find a way to provide the option to set the subs relative to: screen top, video top, video bottom, or screen bottom.