Preview video in a menu

When I have a button highlighted in a menu, I want a window beside to play a preview to the video clip which it is linked to (No audio). Is this possible, and how do I do it?

Not easily done.
The rectangle covering the button would also need to cover the video. When in normal state the video section would need to look like the background so you do not see the movie at all, or if you like you can have the overlay have some opacity but make it tranlsucent so the video clip becomes brighter (not obscured) when selected.
Take a look here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/rollover.php
You could also make a series of menus an have buttons auto activate (but that will slow things down and some players require a press to select a button, which defeats the effect. Same thing for button over video.)

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