Was looking for the same thing. I am using CS6 and have hundreds of separate clips (after making selections from a single, original clip). I would like each video clip linked to its respective audio without having to select each pair separately, right click and “link.” As mentioned, in Final Cut you can just drag the clips into the project bin and all the individual pairs are linked as they should be.
Unfortunately, in Premiere CS6 and earlier, if you start with a long clip with linked audio/video, as soon as you start chopping that clip up, the resulting shorter clips are no longer linked (which seems a bit ridiculous and counterproductive).
I can’t believe how horribly Adobe neglected audio and video, especially in regard to no “linking” in the project panel or bins, in versions previous to CC. I still have nightmares about editing a feature film in CS4.1 (the only program addressing .R3D natively at the time), because of the lack of audio/video linking in the project bins.
FWIW, as a (horrible) workaround, I’ve created a keyboard shortcut for “link” and assigned it to a button on my ShuttlePRO2, so I can at least just select two clips at once and hit a single button (vs. selecting from the right-click menu or having to hit a shortcut on the keyboard). I still have to link hundreds of pairs one at a time though.
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