Here's a script I came up with that should do it. It will link audio clips that have the same exact start/end points as each video clip. The video clips should all be on the same track, you can set which one to use by changing the number of the `
trackNumberWithVideo` variable. Then you can set which audio track numbers on which to look for matching audio clips to link with `audioTrackNumbersToLink`.
To run the script save the code below in a file ending with ".jsx", then you'll need a plugin since Premiere doesn't seem to have a built in way for some reason. You can just use this plugin from the Adobe Exchange which is simple but seems to work:
https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/12096/jsx-launcher
So basically:
1. Open notepad and paste in the below code (it's fine to include everything even the comment lines starting with //)
2. Edit the two options if you need.
3. Save the file as any name with the extension ".jsx"
4. Acquire the plugin mentioned above or some other plugin that lets you run scripts.
5. Assuming you used the JSX Launcher one, go to Window > Extensions > JSX Launcher.
6. When the extension panel comes up click the little hamburger menu next to where it says "JSX Launcher" and hit "Select Script Folder" to set the folder that contains the jsx file you saved.
7. Make sure the sequence that has the clips you want to link open and then click the script in the extension panel to run it. It might not look like it's doing anything but it will pop up a box when it's done.
To unlink clips on the other hand, you can just bulk select them and hit 'Unlink'.
/// ---------------- Options ----------------
// You can set this to the track number that contains the video clips you want to link with audio clips
var trackNumberWithVideo = 1;
// The list of audio track numbers it will look for matching audio clips. It will link any audio clips that have the same starting/ending points as each video clip
// Should be a comma-separated list of numbers between brackets, e.g. [1, 2, 3] - For a single track still use brackets like: [1]
var audioTrackNumbersToLink = [1, 2, 3, 4];
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
var activeSeq = app.project.activeSequence;
// First get all the selected items so we can deselect them
var selectedItems = activeSeq.getSelection();
for (var i = 0; i < selectedItems.length; i++) {
selectedItems[i].setSelected(false, true);
}
// Get all the video clips on the track index (trackNumberWithVideo - 1)
var videoClips = [];
for (var i = 0; i < activeSeq.videoTracks[trackNumberWithVideo - 1].clips.numItems; i++) {
var clip = activeSeq.videoTracks[trackNumberWithVideo - 1].clips[i];
videoClips.push(clip);
}
// Create dictionarys to store the clips. The video dictionary will have an index for the key and video clip object as value
// The audio dictionary will have an index for the key and an array of audio clips as value
var videoIndexDict = {};
var audioIndexDict = {};
// Now on each audio track, find any clips that match up with the same starting/ending points as the video clips
for (var i = 0; i < audioTrackNumbersToLink.length; i++) { // Loops per audio track
var audioClips = [];
var audioTrackNumber = audioTrackNumbersToLink[i];
var audioTrackIndex = audioTrackNumber - 1; // Track indexes are 0-based, so we subtract 1 from the audio track number
// Ensure the audio track exists
if (audioTrackNumber > activeSeq.audioTracks.numTracks) {
alert("Audio track " + audioTrackNumbersToLink[i] + " does not exist in the sequence. Be sure to set the audioTrackNumbersToLink variable to existing track numbers.");
continue;
}
// Get the audio clips on the track
for (var j = 0; j < activeSeq.audioTracks[audioTrackIndex].clips.numItems; j++) {
var clip = activeSeq.audioTracks[audioTrackIndex].clips[j];
audioClips.push(clip);
}
// Now compare the audio clips to the video clips
for (var j = 0; j < audioClips.length; j++) {
for (var k = 0; k < videoClips.length; k++) {
if (audioClips[j].start.ticks == videoClips[k].start.ticks && audioClips[j].end.ticks == videoClips[k].end.ticks) {
// Store the clips in the dictionary
// If there's not already a value, create a new array with the audio clip, otherwise add it to the existing array
var videoClip = videoClips[k];
var audioClip = audioClips[j];
// Store clips in Dictionary
videoIndexDict[k] = videoClip;
if (typeof audioIndexDict[k] === 'undefined') {
audioIndexDict[k] = [audioClip];
} else {
audioIndexDict[k].push(audioClip);
}
}
}
}
}
// Now link the clips
for (var key in videoIndexDict) {
var x = Number(key);
var videoClip = videoIndexDict[x];
var audioClipsArray = []; // Ensure it's empty
var audioClipsArray = audioIndexDict[x];
// Select the audio clips then video clip so we can link them
// First parameter is whether to deselect other clips, second parameter is whether to refresh the GUI
for (var i = 0; i < audioClipsArray.length; i++) {
audioClipsArray[i].setSelected(true, false);
}
videoClip.setSelected(true, true);
// Link the selected clips
activeSeq.linkSelection();
// Deselect the audio/video clips again so we can select the next set
for (var i = 0; i < audioClipsArray.length; i++) {
audioClipsArray[i].setSelected(false, false);
}
videoClip.setSelected(false, true);
}
alert("Done linking clips");
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