Mark,
On the front panel, drop an ActiveX container, right-click on it and select Insert Active Object. Browse to your object.
On the block diagram, look through all the methods and properties and find some sequence of methods and properties that would allow you to play a video.
Look at the example on the following web site:
Using Media Player to Play Sound or Audio Filesfor further help on how to program a LabVIEW VI with ActiveX control to play a video file.
Zvezdana S.
National Instruments