DVD Studio Pro does not play my background

Hey guys,
Has anyone ever experienced this problem? When I try to use a Quicktime movie as a background in my menu, it does not show up. Simulator will not play it, and watching a Video TS folder after a build does not show it. What is strange is that I see my buttons, but no background?
The Quicktime I am using is an Animation codec, 29.97fps at 720 x 480.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
PS; When using a jpg as a background, everything shows up fine. It is just the quicktime movie.
-Frank R.

Perhaps is the animation file saved with an alpha channel (millions +)?

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