ATV3 Different subtitle size according movie aspect ratio

Hi guys,
im getting different soft subtitle size according the aspect ratio (lettered and non-lettered) the size must be the same independently of the movie aspect, take a look the following images there are a huge difference:
Note: The subtitle configuration are the same for the two screenshots.
Non-lettered:
Lettered:
Its any way to solve that, im currently running the version 7.2 of ATV
thks !!!

Ok, I figured it out...
First, you need to register for the MPMovieNaturalSizeAvailableNotification. I put this in viewDidLoad.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(movieNaturalSizeAvailable:)
name:MPMovieNaturalSizeAvailableNotification
object:moviePlayerController];
Then, you create the @selector function:
- (void) movieNaturalSizeAvailable:(NSNotification *)movieNSNotification {
NSLog(@"MovieNaturalSizeAvaiable");
NSLog(@"Movie width is %f and movie height is %f", moviePlayerController.naturalSize.width, moviePlayerController.naturalSize.height);
//calculate the aspect ratio
float width = moviePlayerController.naturalSize.width;
float height = moviePlayerController.naturalSize.height;
float ratio = width / height;
NSLog(@"ratio is %f", ratio);
//if ratio < 1.4 then it must be 4:3 aspect ratio, else it is 16:9
if (ratio < 1.4) {
moviePlayerController.view.frame = CGRectMake(66, 29, 347, 260);
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(66, 29, 347, 260);
} else {
moviePlayerController.view.frame = imageFrame;
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(9, 29, 462, 260);
moviePlayerController = [movieNSNotification object];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self
name:MPMovieNaturalSizeAvailableNotification
object:moviePlayerController];
Message was edited by: Grant Abt1

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