Background Video Menu with Buttons on Top

Hi there.
I am trying to create a menu that has a looping video background with the buttons on top of the video.
I have created a short, 1min video in PPro, and imported it into the background of the menu by first creating a blank menu, then alt/dragging it into the blank menu.
When I place a button on top of the video, the video no longer plays.
Can I do it so that the video plays in the background and the buttons on top are active?
Thanks,
David

Hi Bill.
Here's the screen cap.I've included a screen cap of only the layers at the bottom, in case it's too small to read.
I'm not sure what you mean by muxed. It gives you the option to pick-whip to both audio and video, or alt/drag both audio and video onto a blank menu background. Do mean using a different file format than .m2v?

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