Music videos with embedded subtitles, keep 1080p HD quality

[chupkese96]

I am using a MacBook Pro version 10.8.3.
So basically, I am working with Bollywood movies to try and cut out songs (music videos) and include the English subtitles with them. This is for a business I work for.

I figure I have 2 options:

Option 1
a. Find an HD copy of the entire movie (in any format) and a matching SRT file
b. Embed the SRT file into the movie so it is 1 file
c. Cut out the music video that I need

Option 2 (because I have tons of music videos already downloaded without subtitles)
a. Find an HD quality music video
b. Find an SRT file for the movie it is in
c. Cut out the SRT file for the timing of the song within the movie
d. Embed modified SRT file into music video

I have tried Any Video Converter Lite and Handbrake, Any Video gives me the subs but I can't get the quality to be just like the original, and I can't tweak Handbrake to give me the subs (yes, I used the subtitle function).
I am not very familiar with the technology behind videos (h.264, xvid, bitrates, etc etc)

What are my options and what is the best way to do this (best settings to use when converting, etc)?

[jman98]

Handbrake is infamous for all kinds of subtitle problems. So it's not just you.

EVERYTHING is harder on a Mac. I'm sorry but that's how it is. You made a mistake in not posting this in our Mac forum because this is a Mac issue and not a subtitle issue as you thought. I will ask a moderator to move it for you. Mac forum posts show up here with a special symbol and we have members who look for that. You need help specific to Macs because your options are more limited than under Windows.