diff --git a/src/bin/clipcreator.cpp b/src/bin/clipcreator.cpp
index 1a25200be..7a3289174 100644
--- a/src/bin/clipcreator.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/clipcreator.cpp
@@ -1,312 +1,326 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2017 by Nicolas Carion                                  *
  *   This file is part of Kdenlive. See www.kdenlive.org.                  *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) version 3 or any later version accepted by the       *
  *   membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved  by the membership  *
  *   of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy defined in Section 14 of     *
  *   version 3 of the license.                                             *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "clipcreator.hpp"
 #include "bin/bin.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "doc/kdenlivedoc.h"
 #include "kdenlivesettings.h"
 #include "klocalizedstring.h"
 #include "macros.hpp"
+#include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "projectitemmodel.h"
 #include "titler/titledocument.h"
 #include "utils/devices.hpp"
 #include "xml/xml.hpp"
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDomDocument>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
+#include <QProgressDialog>
 #include <QWindow>
 #include <utility>
+
 namespace {
 QDomElement createProducer(QDomDocument &xml, ClipType::ProducerType type, const QString &resource, const QString &name, int duration, const QString &service)
 {
     QDomElement prod = xml.createElement(QStringLiteral("producer"));
     xml.appendChild(prod);
     prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("type"), (int)type);
     prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("in"), QStringLiteral("0"));
     prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("length"), duration);
     std::unordered_map<QString, QString> properties;
     properties[QStringLiteral("resource")] = resource;
     if (!name.isEmpty()) {
         properties[QStringLiteral("kdenlive:clipname")] = name;
     }
     if (!service.isEmpty()) {
         properties[QStringLiteral("mlt_service")] = service;
     }
     Xml::addXmlProperties(prod, properties);
     return prod;
 }
 
 } // namespace
 
 QString ClipCreator::createTitleClip(const std::unordered_map<QString, QString> &properties, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                                      const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model)
 {
     QDomDocument xml;
     auto prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::Text, QString(), name, duration, QStringLiteral("kdenlivetitle"));
     Xml::addXmlProperties(prod, properties);
 
     QString id;
     bool res = model->requestAddBinClip(id, xml.documentElement(), parentFolder, i18n("Create title clip"));
     return res ? id : QStringLiteral("-1");
 }
 
 QString ClipCreator::createColorClip(const QString &color, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                                      const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model)
 {
     QDomDocument xml;
 
     auto prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::Color, color, name, duration, QStringLiteral("color"));
 
     QString id;
     bool res = model->requestAddBinClip(id, xml.documentElement(), parentFolder, i18n("Create color clip"));
     return res ? id : QStringLiteral("-1");
 }
 
 QString ClipCreator::createClipFromFile(const QString &path, const QString &parentFolder, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model, Fun &undo, Fun &redo)
 {
     QDomDocument xml;
     QMimeDatabase db;
     QMimeType type = db.mimeTypeForUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(path));
 
     qDebug() << "/////////// createClipFromFile" << path << parentFolder << path << type.name();
     QDomElement prod;
     if (type.name().startsWith(QLatin1String("image/"))) {
         int duration = pCore->currentDoc()->getFramePos(KdenliveSettings::image_duration());
         prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::Image, path, QString(), duration, QString());
     } else if (type.inherits(QStringLiteral("application/x-kdenlivetitle"))) {
         // opening a title file
         QDomDocument txtdoc(QStringLiteral("titledocument"));
         QFile txtfile(path);
         if (txtfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) && txtdoc.setContent(&txtfile)) {
             txtfile.close();
             // extract embedded images
             QDomNodeList items = txtdoc.elementsByTagName(QStringLiteral("content"));
             for (int j = 0; j < items.count(); ++j) {
                 QDomElement content = items.item(j).toElement();
                 if (content.hasAttribute(QStringLiteral("base64"))) {
                     QString titlesFolder = pCore->currentDoc()->projectDataFolder() + QStringLiteral("/titles/");
                     QString imgPath = TitleDocument::extractBase64Image(titlesFolder, content.attribute(QStringLiteral("base64")));
                     if (!imgPath.isEmpty()) {
                         content.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("url"), imgPath);
                         content.removeAttribute(QStringLiteral("base64"));
                     }
                 }
             }
             prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("in"), 0);
             int duration = 0;
             if (txtdoc.documentElement().hasAttribute(QStringLiteral("duration"))) {
                 duration = txtdoc.documentElement().attribute(QStringLiteral("duration")).toInt();
             } else if (txtdoc.documentElement().hasAttribute(QStringLiteral("out"))) {
                 duration = txtdoc.documentElement().attribute(QStringLiteral("out")).toInt();
             }
             if (duration <= 0) {
                 duration = pCore->currentDoc()->getFramePos(KdenliveSettings::title_duration()) - 1;
             }
             prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::Text, path, QString(), duration, QString());
             txtdoc.documentElement().setAttribute(QStringLiteral("kdenlive:duration"), duration);
             QString titleData = txtdoc.toString();
             prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("xmldata"), titleData);
         } else {
             txtfile.close();
             return QStringLiteral("-1");
         }
     } else {
         // it is a "normal" file, just use a producer
         prod = xml.createElement(QStringLiteral("producer"));
         xml.appendChild(prod);
         QMap<QString, QString> properties;
         properties.insert(QStringLiteral("resource"), path);
         Xml::addXmlProperties(prod, properties);
     }
     if (pCore->bin()->isEmpty() && (KdenliveSettings::default_profile().isEmpty() || KdenliveSettings::checkfirstprojectclip())) {
         prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("_checkProfile"), 1);
     }
 
     qDebug() << "/////////// final xml" << xml.toString();
     QString id;
     bool res = model->requestAddBinClip(id, xml.documentElement(), parentFolder, undo, redo);
     return res ? id : QStringLiteral("-1");
 }
 
 bool ClipCreator::createClipFromFile(const QString &path, const QString &parentFolder, std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> model)
 {
     Fun undo = []() { return true; };
     Fun redo = []() { return true; };
     auto id = ClipCreator::createClipFromFile(path, parentFolder, std::move(model), undo, redo);
     bool ok = (id != QStringLiteral("-1"));
     if (ok) {
         pCore->pushUndo(undo, redo, i18n("Add clip"));
     }
     return ok;
 }
 
 QString ClipCreator::createSlideshowClip(const QString &path, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                                          const std::unordered_map<QString, QString> &properties, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model)
 {
     QDomDocument xml;
 
     auto prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::SlideShow, path, name, duration, QString());
     Xml::addXmlProperties(prod, properties);
 
     QString id;
     bool res = model->requestAddBinClip(id, xml.documentElement(), parentFolder, i18n("Create slideshow clip"));
     return res ? id : QStringLiteral("-1");
 }
 
 QString ClipCreator::createTitleTemplate(const QString &path, const QString &text, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                                          const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model)
 {
     QDomDocument xml;
 
     // We try to retrieve duration for template
     int duration = 0;
     QDomDocument titledoc;
     QFile txtfile(path);
     if (txtfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) && titledoc.setContent(&txtfile)) {
         if (titledoc.documentElement().hasAttribute(QStringLiteral("duration"))) {
             duration = titledoc.documentElement().attribute(QStringLiteral("duration")).toInt();
         } else {
             // keep some time for backwards compatibility - 26/12/12
             duration = titledoc.documentElement().attribute(QStringLiteral("out")).toInt();
         }
     }
     txtfile.close();
 
     // Duration not found, we fall-back to defaults
     if (duration == 0) {
         duration = pCore->currentDoc()->getFramePos(KdenliveSettings::title_duration());
     }
     auto prod = createProducer(xml, ClipType::TextTemplate, path, name, duration, QString());
     if (!text.isEmpty()) {
         prod.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("templatetext"), text);
     }
 
     QString id;
     bool res = model->requestAddBinClip(id, xml.documentElement(), parentFolder, i18n("Create title template"));
     return res ? id : QStringLiteral("-1");
 }
 
 bool ClipCreator::createClipsFromList(const QList<QUrl> &list, bool checkRemovable, const QString &parentFolder, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model,
-                                      Fun &undo, Fun &redo)
+                                      Fun &undo, Fun &redo, bool topLevel)
 {
+    QScopedPointer<QProgressDialog> progressDialog;
+    if (topLevel) {
+        progressDialog.reset(new QProgressDialog(pCore->window()));
+        progressDialog->setWindowTitle(i18n("Loading clips"));
+        progressDialog->setCancelButton(nullptr);
+        progressDialog->setLabelText(i18n("Importing bin clips..."));
+        progressDialog->setMaximum(0);
+        progressDialog->show();
+        progressDialog->repaint();
+        qApp->processEvents();
+    }
     qDebug() << "/////////// creatclipsfromlist" << list << checkRemovable << parentFolder;
     bool created = false;
     QMimeDatabase db;
     for (const QUrl &file : list) {
         if (!QFile::exists(file.toLocalFile())) {
             continue;
         }
         QMimeType mType = db.mimeTypeForUrl(file);
         if (mType.inherits(QLatin1String("inode/directory"))) {
             // user dropped a folder, import its files
             QDir dir(file.path());
             QStringList result = dir.entryList(QDir::Files);
             QStringList subfolders = dir.entryList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
             QList<QUrl> folderFiles;
             for (const QString &path : result) {
                 QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(path));
                 // Check file is of a supported type
                 mType = db.mimeTypeForUrl(url);
                 QString mimeAliases = mType.name();
                 bool isValid = mimeAliases.contains(QLatin1String("video/"));
                 if (!isValid) {
                     isValid = mimeAliases.contains(QLatin1String("audio/"));
                 }
                 if (!isValid) {
                     isValid = mimeAliases.contains(QLatin1String("image/"));
                 }
                 if (!isValid && (mType.inherits(QLatin1String("video/mlt-playlist")) || mType.inherits(QLatin1String("application/x-kdenlivetitle")))) {
                     isValid = true;
                 }
                 if (isValid) {
                     folderFiles.append(url);
                 }
             }
             QString folderId;
             Fun local_undo = []() { return true; };
             Fun local_redo = []() { return true; };
             if (folderFiles.isEmpty()) {
                 QList<QUrl> sublist;
                 for (const QString &sub : subfolders) {
                     QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(sub));
                     if (!list.contains(url)) {
                         sublist << url;
                     }
                 }
                 if (!sublist.isEmpty()) {
                     // load subfolders
-                    created = created || createClipsFromList(sublist, checkRemovable, parentFolder, model, undo, redo);
+                    created = created || createClipsFromList(sublist, checkRemovable, parentFolder, model, undo, redo, false);
                 }
             } else {
                 bool ok = pCore->projectItemModel()->requestAddFolder(folderId, dir.dirName(), parentFolder, local_undo, local_redo);
                 if (ok) {
-                    ok = createClipsFromList(folderFiles, checkRemovable, folderId, model, local_undo, local_redo);
+                    ok = createClipsFromList(folderFiles, checkRemovable, folderId, model, local_undo, local_redo, false);
                     created = true;
                     if (!ok) {
                         local_undo();
                     } else {
                         UPDATE_UNDO_REDO_NOLOCK(local_redo, local_undo, undo, redo);
                     }
                     // Check subfolders
                     QList<QUrl> sublist;
                     for (const QString &sub : subfolders) {
                         QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(sub));
                         if (!list.contains(url)) {
                             sublist << url;
                         }
                     }
                     if (!sublist.isEmpty()) {
                         // load subfolders
-                        createClipsFromList(sublist, checkRemovable, folderId, model, undo, redo);
+                        createClipsFromList(sublist, checkRemovable, folderId, model, undo, redo, false);
                     }
                 }
             }
             continue;
         }
         if (checkRemovable && isOnRemovableDevice(file) && !isOnRemovableDevice(pCore->currentDoc()->projectDataFolder())) {
             int answer = KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel(
                 QApplication::activeWindow(),
                 i18n("Clip <b>%1</b><br /> is on a removable device, will not be available when device is unplugged or mounted at a different position. You "
                      "may want to copy it first to your hard-drive. Would you like to add it anyways?",
                      file.path()),
                 i18n("Removable device"), KStandardGuiItem::cont(), KStandardGuiItem::cancel(), QStringLiteral("confirm_removable_device"));
 
             if (answer == KMessageBox::Cancel) continue;
         }
         QString id = ClipCreator::createClipFromFile(file.toLocalFile(), parentFolder, model, undo, redo);
         created = created || (id != QStringLiteral("-1"));
     }
     qDebug() << "/////////// creatclipsfromlist return" << created;
     return created;
 }
 
 bool ClipCreator::createClipsFromList(const QList<QUrl> &list, bool checkRemovable, const QString &parentFolder, std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> model)
 {
     Fun undo = []() { return true; };
     Fun redo = []() { return true; };
     bool ok = ClipCreator::createClipsFromList(list, checkRemovable, parentFolder, std::move(model), undo, redo);
     if (ok) {
         pCore->pushUndo(undo, redo, i18np("Add clip", "Add clips", list.size()));
     }
     return ok;
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/clipcreator.hpp b/src/bin/clipcreator.hpp
index da1166f61..753b68378 100644
--- a/src/bin/clipcreator.hpp
+++ b/src/bin/clipcreator.hpp
@@ -1,99 +1,99 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2017 by Nicolas Carion                                  *
  *   This file is part of Kdenlive. See www.kdenlive.org.                  *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) version 3 or any later version accepted by the       *
  *   membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved  by the membership  *
  *   of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy defined in Section 14 of     *
  *   version 3 of the license.                                             *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef CLIPCREATOR_H
 #define CLIPCREATOR_H
 
 #include "definitions.h"
 #include "undohelper.hpp"
 #include <QString>
 #include <memory>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 /** @brief This namespace provides convenience functions to create clips based on various parameters
  */
 
 class ProjectItemModel;
 namespace ClipCreator {
 /* @brief Create and inserts a color clip
    @param color : a string of the form "0xff0000ff" (solid red in RGBA)
    @param duration : duration expressed in number of frames
    @param name: name of the clip
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
    @return the binId of the created clip
 */
 QString createColorClip(const QString &color, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model);
 
 /* @brief Create a title clip
    @param properties : title properties (xmldata, etc)
    @param duration : duration of the clip
    @param name: name of the clip
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
 */
 
 QString createTitleClip(const std::unordered_map<QString, QString> &properties, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                         const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model);
 
 /* @brief Create a title template
    @param path : path to the template
    @param text : text of the template (optional)
    @param name: name of the clip
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
    @return the binId of the created clip
 */
 QString createTitleTemplate(const QString &path, const QString &text, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                             const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model);
 
 /* @brief Create a slideshow clip
    @param path : path to the selected folder
    @param duration: this should be nbr of images * duration of one image
    @param name: name of the clip
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param properties: description of the slideshow
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
    @return the binId of the created clip
 */
 QString createSlideshowClip(const QString &path, int duration, const QString &name, const QString &parentFolder,
                             const std::unordered_map<QString, QString> &properties, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model);
 /* @brief Reads a file from disk and create the corresponding clip
    @param path : path to the file
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
    @return the binId of the created clip
 */
 QString createClipFromFile(const QString &path, const QString &parentFolder, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model, Fun &undo, Fun &redo);
 bool createClipFromFile(const QString &path, const QString &parentFolder, std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> model);
 
 /* @brief Iterates recursively through the given url list and add the files it finds, recreating a folder structure
    @param list: the list of items (can be folders)
    @param checkRemovable: if true, it will check if files are on removable devices, and warn the user if so
    @param parentFolder: the binId of the containing folder
    @param model: a shared pointer to the bin item model
  */
 bool createClipsFromList(const QList<QUrl> &list, bool checkRemovable, const QString &parentFolder, const std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> &model, Fun &undo,
-                         Fun &redo);
+                         Fun &redo, bool topLevel = true);
 bool createClipsFromList(const QList<QUrl> &list, bool checkRemovable, const QString &parentFolder, std::shared_ptr<ProjectItemModel> model);
 } // namespace ClipCreator
 
 #endif