HELP! Exporting smart build over a video background to QT?

Hi,
I have a single slide with a QT movie as a loop in the background with a smart build of images over the top. It's for a corporate event and the build needs to loop during the coffee break.
I need to export this to a movie file and then place it back in to another presentation so i can make the build loop.
However, when i export to QT the background movie plays once, stops and then the smart build runs through.
I've tried removing the background movie as I'm happy to have the smart build only to loop. When i export the build with a transparent background it is replaced with black. This means I can't place this over the original movie background.
The other, more simple alternative which I can't fathom is to make the smart build loop on it's own on the original slide so I don't need to export it as a video!!!
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Simon

I've worked out that if you export to QT using png Codec it WILL keep the transparent background! I've now managed to solve this problem by creating a transparent QT and placing over the video background.

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