What you could do instead is make a Flash popup on the page itself containing the videoplayer (or showing a link to the player).
I don't understand (I'm pretty thick sometimes)
Hi Jake (I'm not a native speaker so pardon my english) , Its like a floating transparent Flash overlay that activates when the page gets loaded (sometimes called Shoshkeles). See this page for some examples: http://www.unitedvirtualities.com/shoshkeles.htm