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Had this issue (same folder structure, different drive) and half my footage wouldn't relink. Created a new folder in my Premiere File and remiported all my footage there. Then I closed the project and reopened. All my footage relinked just fine, and could then delete the duplicate footage folder.

I just had this problem yesterday after updating to the most recent version of premiere pro-- 12.1.1

I called technical support and they said to upload an older version of adobe PPro-- anything other than 12.1.1.

They also said make sure not to save the premiere project that had the errors.

Unfortunately, I already had saved the project previous to my call to tech support.

My workaround- I had to hook up my backup drive to my computer and link my media to the backup drive files. So essentially I have to have both hard drives connected to my computer during the edit of that project.

My plan when I have more time is to recopy the files to a different location and relink media that way. Hope this helps. This is really a pain. 

DO NOT UPDATE TO 12.1.1 until they find a solution to this problem.

I had the same issue and it was driving me crazy...

I found a solution that worked... I just copied the files that are not being able to be located into the desktop and located them from there. It worked!

Hey guys, I had this problem with premiere CC 2017. I tried everything and none of it worked, then I found this video. It's super simple, you just have to rename a folder. Hope it helps!

Solution: No Audio after update? Premiere Pro CC Import Issue Fix! | Film Learnin - YouTube

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My youtube vlog channel: youtube.com/joshevideo

i have the same problem today!

and now is solved! install the quicktime, and it will run normal.

Install Quick Time Player/Plug-in

I had this exact error. In my case I had put my CS5.5 project from a Mac and transfered it to a PC laptop running CS6. When attempting to re-link a file, I get "The selected file cannot be linked because its type (audio) does not match the original file's type (audio and video)".

The solution for me in this case was to change the file type to the grouping with ".mov" because the footage I was linking was a .mov. It was then able to link all the files. It seemed to link all my jpegs too.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Chris

Most likely it's because the files use a video codec that was installed on your desktop, but is missing from your Laptop.