Background video in animated menu.

Have searched around the forums but can't find a definite answer to this.
I created an animated menu in After Effects with a background motion loop video.
Total length of 30 secs with button highlight appearing after 13 secs.
If I set the loop point in Encore for approx 14 secs the animated menu and button highlightetc all works ok
but the motion video in the background also stops at this point.
I assume this is probably correct but if not can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong?
Alternatively, if it is correct, are there any tricks which would allow the background video loop to continue for the full 30secs?
Hope I have explained this clearly enough.
Thanks .

Did you use any of these? If not, take a peek to see if you did it right. (I'm wondering if your still menu is covering the motion in AE.)
Here's encore help:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/encore/cs/using/WSA5513911-0AD1-440c-BDAD-2E0E806B425E.html
Here's an adobe tutorial on using AE for EN menus:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0258
From the After Effects help:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e45 a.html

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