jquery.countdown + jquery.videoBG

possible conflict?!

HTML

<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/hilios/jQuery.countdown/2.0.4/dist/jquery.countdown.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/sydlawrence/jquery.videoBG/master/jquery.videoBG.js"></script>
<div class="videoz">
    <div class="countdown">
        
    </div>
</div>

CSS

html,body {
    height:100%;
    width:100%;
}
.videoz {
    height:100%;
    width:100%;
}
.countdown {
    left: 0;
    margin: 10px auto 5px;
    right: 0;
    text-align: center;
    min-height:30px;
}
.countdown:before, .countdown:after {
    content: " ";
    display: table;
}
.countdown:after {
    clear: both;
}
.countdown:before, .countdown:after {
    content: " ";
    display: table;
}
.countdown:after {
    clear: both;
}
.countdown .time-section {
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.15);
    border-radius: 50%;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 65px;
    margin: 0 2px;
    width: 65px;
}
.countdown .time-section > span {
    display: block;
}
.countdown .time-section .time-num {
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 22px;
    margin-top: 14px;
    color:#FFF;
}
.countdown .time-section .time-label {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
    color:#FFF;
}

JavaScript

$(".countdown").countdown("2014/07/12", function(event) {
$(this).html(event.strftime("<span class='time-section'> <span class='time-num'>%D</span> <span class='time-label'>days</span> </span> <span class='time-section'> <span class='time-num'>%H</span> <span class='time-label'>hours</span> </span> <span class='time-section'> <span class='time-num'>%M</span> <span class='time-label'>mins</span> </span> <span class='time-section'> <span class='time-num'>%S</span> <span class='time-label'>secs</span> </span>"));
});

//comment this section out to show working ticker.
//problem is that the videoBG plugin is duping the parent DOM element for some silly reason.
$(".videoz").videoBG({
    mp4:'http://google.com/hangouts/img/hangouts.mp4',
    webm:'http://google.com/hangouts/img/hangouts.webm',
    ogv:'http://google.com/hangouts/img/hangouts.ogv'
});