Thanks. Sort of.
BTW, I verified that Windos Media Player also plays the downloaded video, but it directed me to download a codec before it would.

It is not clear to me from your write-up how I go about getting VLC or Windows Media Player to open when I launch a video file from LW. I couldn't find the File->... tou tell me to use- and it is not clear whether that sequence is done in the LW menu or the video player menu.

Cheers,
Leo