Nvidia SHIELD/Android app SSA/ASS format anime subtitles + transcoding problems

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Nvidia Shield subtitles placed below bottom of screen

In the past few weeks, possibly since the last client update, my Nvidia Shields have started often placing subtitles off the bottom of the screen. Single-row subtitles are invisible off the screen, and two-row subtitles only have the top row at the bottom of the screen. (The latter is why I know the subtitles are being shown at all.) When I play the same files on either a Roku device or the web interface, subtitles perform correctly. It’s only on the Shield that I get this behavior. I’ve tried m…