diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/fragment/mainactivity/main/VideoDetailView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/fragment/mainactivity/main/VideoDetailView.kt
index 0dbba778..ce783fa5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/fragment/mainactivity/main/VideoDetailView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/fragment/mainactivity/main/VideoDetailView.kt
@@ -436,10 +436,6 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
             showChaptersUI();
         };
 
-        _layoutPlayerContainer.addOnLayoutChangeListener { v, left, top, right, bottom, oldLeft, oldTop, oldRight, oldBottom ->
-            onShouldEnterPictureInPictureChanged.emit()
-        }
-
         _title.setOnLongClickListener {
             val clipboard = context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager;
             val clip = ClipData.newPlainText("Video Title", (it as TextView).text);
@@ -2031,6 +2027,10 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
                 videoTrackFormats.distinctBy { it.height }.sortedByDescending { it.height },
                 audioTrackFormats.distinctBy { it.bitrate }.sortedByDescending { it.bitrate });
         }
+
+        _layoutPlayerContainer.post {
+            onShouldEnterPictureInPictureChanged.emit()
+        }
     }
 
     private var _didTriggerDatasourceErrorCount = 0;
@@ -2491,7 +2491,6 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
         }
 
         isPlaying = playing;
-        onShouldEnterPictureInPictureChanged.emit()
         updateTracker(lastPositionMilliseconds, playing, true);
     }
 
@@ -2625,6 +2624,9 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
             setProgressBarOverlayed(false);
         }
         onFullscreenChanged.emit(fullscreen);
+        _layoutPlayerContainer.post {
+            onShouldEnterPictureInPictureChanged.emit()
+        }
     }
 
     private fun setCastEnabled(isCasting: Boolean) {
@@ -2899,10 +2901,6 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
         } else {
             _layoutPlayerContainer.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
         }
-
-        _layoutPlayerContainer.post {
-            onShouldEnterPictureInPictureChanged.emit()
-        }
     }
     fun getPictureInPictureParams() : PictureInPictureParams {
         var videoSourceWidth = _player.exoPlayer?.player?.videoSize?.width ?: 0;
@@ -2913,16 +2911,23 @@ class VideoDetailView : ConstraintLayout {
             videoSourceHeight = 9;
         }
         val aspectRatio = videoSourceWidth.toDouble() / videoSourceHeight;
+        val r = _player.getVideoRect()
         if(aspectRatio > 2.38) {
             videoSourceWidth = 16;
             videoSourceHeight = 9;
+
+            // shrink the left and right equally to get the rect to be 16 by 9 aspect ratio
+            // we don't want a picture in picture mode that's more squashed than 16 by 9
+            val targetWidth = r.height() * 16 / 9
+            val shrinkAmount = (r.width() - targetWidth) / 2
+            r.left += shrinkAmount
+            r.right -= shrinkAmount
         }
         else if(aspectRatio < 0.43) {
             videoSourceHeight = 16;
             videoSourceWidth = 9;
         }
 
-        val r = _player.getVideoRect()
         val playpauseAction = if(_player.playing)
             RemoteAction(Icon.createWithResource(context, R.drawable.ic_pause_notif), context.getString(R.string.pause), context.getString(R.string.pauses_the_video), MediaControlReceiver.getPauseIntent(context, 5));
         else
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/views/video/FutoVideoPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/views/video/FutoVideoPlayer.kt
index 0405c625..f6432752 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/views/video/FutoVideoPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/futo/platformplayer/views/video/FutoVideoPlayer.kt
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ class FutoVideoPlayer : FutoVideoPlayerBase {
 
     fun getVideoRect(): Rect {
         val r = Rect()
-        _videoView.getGlobalVisibleRect(r)
+        // this is the only way i could reliably get a reference to a view that matches perfectly with the video playback
+        _videoView.subtitleView?.getGlobalVisibleRect(r)
         return r
     }