Opening the Native Application

Each enhancement can include a value for the attribute Native Application (see Opaque Enhancement Attributes or ITV SMPTE-363M Enhancement Attributes). This value is the path for an application that can display the file specified by the enhancement. You specify a path for the file as the value for the Location attribute.

If you can access the application and the file from your Avid editing system, you can open the application from the enhancement. The enhancement must specify a path that you can use from your Avid editing system.

For example, if your enhancements point to information from an Excel spreadsheet, specify Excel as the native application and you can open the program from one of the enhancements. You can open the program from an enhancement in a bin or from an enhancement that has been edited into the Timeline. If the enhancements point to HTML files, you can use Internet Explorer or an HTML creation program as the native application. Any program you can open from your Avid editing system, you can open from an enhancement.

You can also open the native application from a video clip or an audio clip that has been linked to an enhancement with the AutoSync feature. For more information, see Using AutoSync with Enhancements.

In a bin, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+Shift+click (Macintosh) the enhancement, and select Launch in Native Application.

In the Timeline, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+Shift+click (Macintosh) an enhancement clip or locator, and select Launch in Native Application.

The application starts on your Avid editing system and opens the file that was specified as the value for the Location attribute in the enhancement.

When you start an application from the Timeline, the Avid editing application enters Segment mode. To exit Segment mode, click one of the Segment Mode buttons.

Some features described in Help are available only in Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Xpress DV. For more information about Avid Free DV go to

Main Topics: Using MetaSync with Avid Editing Systems
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