Flash Video Under Dropdown Menu problem

I have been consistently affect by this problem for the last few days. I have a menu that needs to dropdown above the flash video. The problem is that the dropdown appears behind the flash and cannot be clicked. I have narrowed it down to some sort of implementation of the wmode="transparent" but this is not easy.
The code I got to work was
[CODE]
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="someID" width="632" height="220">
<param name="movie" value="http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/yhst-57905738662791/main.swf">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always">
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="name" value="someValue">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/yhst-57905738662791/main.swf" width="632" height="220">

<img src="preview.gif" alt="Preview">
<p>Download the flash player</p>

<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always">
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
<param name="name" value="someValue">
</object>

</object>
[/CODE]
In internet explorer this code allows the flash file to be behind the menu. But not for Firefox (3.5) Unfortunately, when I add the required [CODE]<embed>[/CODE] tags to the object and make the flash video appear behind the firefox menu, the link in the video no longer works. Because there is a single link within the flash video we use.
PS. the code above was copied and tweak from a flash tutorial site. So I will not take the credit as my own.
My site is http://www.superbreakers.net
If you check out the site you'll see what I mean and what I need.

I solved the problem and posted the solution here.
http://www.yourstoreforums.com/showpost.php?p=288577&postcount=5
Let me know if that helps you

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