Choose Layer > Add Layer > Add Video Layer... to create a new Video layer.
The new Video layer can be selected from the Layers listbox to make it the active layer.
The video layer uses exactly the same interface and has the same features as the picture layer, only it operates on videos instead of pictures. For more information see the picture layer.
BluffTitler uses DirectShow to play videos. This means that you require a DirectShow decoder filter (also called a codec) for the video format you want to play. The BluffTitler installer does not come with any filter, so it totally depends on the ones that are already installed on your system.
If BluffTitler can't find a suitable decoder filter, your video will be played in a separate window with the name "Active Movie Window" or not at all. The difficult way to fix the problem is to 1) find out the exact video format, 2) find a DirectShow decoder filter that can play this exact format and is compatible with BluffTitler (it has to be able to decode into 32 bits XRGB or ARGB) and 3) instruct your system to give this filter the highest priority for the format.
Instead of adjusting the decoder priorities you can force BluffTitler to use a particular filter by entering its class ID in the Settings > General Options... dialog. The class ID has to be in the following format: {BC4EB321-771F-4E9F-AF67-37C631ECA106}. Enter one ID per line.
The easy way to make BluffTitler play your video is to convert it to WMV. All out of the box Windows versions can play WMV files!