Menu problems - changing background video length to fit audio

Hi,
I've been struggling for hours (feels like weeks!) trying to adjust the background video length to match the audio length on my encore menu to prevent the white screen appearing once the background video has finished.
Having read through some previous questions on here I see the general advice is to adjust the audio length to match the video length but is there really no way of doing it the other way around?
I tried editing the background video in premier pro, and managed to do that effectively so it was identical in length to the audio track, however then I couldn't work out how to export it back into encore so it would use it as a menu.
I'm still getting to grips with all the software so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!!
Liz

Hi jsbman,
Thanks for your reply, I'm not sure I was totally clear about what I am trying to do. Basically I have a menu image with background video that currently runs on a loop of 16 seconds, and I have an audio file (song) that lasts 3 minutes and also loops. I can put the audio on the menu fine as long as I have menu with no background video but if I try and have both it runs but then goes to a white menu screen after the 16 second loop while the audio continues to the end.
I understand from what I have read that the audio track and video background need to be the same length (I guess so they can loop together or something) and to edit the audio track down to 16 seconds makes it pretty pointless in using. This is why I have been trying to increase the background video to the same length as the audio track. They will then both loop until play is pressed on the remote for the DVD to start.
I forgot to say in my original post I am using CS4, with Windows 7 - I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
Any ideas welcome!
Thanks
Liz

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