Interactive PDFs: Video and Type?

Hi,
I'm trying to create an interactive PDF where the first page has an animation and a title. In Indesign CS5.5, I've placed a .mov (also tried.flv) in the background, behind some live type. What I was hoping is that it would export just like that, with the video playing as the background image, and crisp vector type on top. In the preview shown in the Media panel it looks exactly like that, but when I export the PDF, the video jumps to the front and covers everything else up.
Is there a solution to this problem?!
I'd be so grateful if anyone can help, thanks!
Tom

Here's the problem: The Media panel and the Preview panel are showing you a SWF-based preview. However, you're aiming for PDF output. PDF puts multimedia on top. I don't know of a workaround for that.
In InDesign CS6, they correctly renamed the Preview panel the SWF Preview panel.

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