What is an avp file and how do I open an avp file?

Files appended with the .avp extension are data files associated with software developed by Avid Technologies. The Avid Media Composer software and the Avid Xpress application use files in the .avp format as the output format of projects developed by users with these programs, and these AVP files are also called Avid project files. The data of these AVP files are the configuration settings and other details entered and saved by the user through the features integrated into these Avid Technologies multimedia development programs. The data of these AVP files are referenced by these applications when a user views, opens and edits a project saved in the AVP format. These details stored in an AVP file are directory locations of digital video files and audio tracks entered by the author of the AVP project output file. The Avid Media Composer is available in versions that support Microsoft Windows-based systems and Mac platforms. There are also versions of the Avid Xpress application for Microsoft Windows environments and Mac systems. When a user of any of these operating systems install the Avid Media Composer software or the Avid Xpress, support for these AVP files will be implemented into the system by the installer packages of these programs. Users can then start creating, opening and editing multimedia development projects saved in the AVP output format, and these AVP files will also contain reference details of the effects and other attributes integrated into those project output files by the project creator through the features available in these applications.