diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/add_video_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/add_video_dialog.cc
index d6e18bb718..7050c8412a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/add_video_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/add_video_dialog.cc
@@ -76,46 +76,45 @@ AddVideoDialog::AddVideoDialog (Session* s)
 	set_size_request (800, -1);
 
 	harvid_initialized = false;
-	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), Config->get_video_server_docroot());
+	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), video_get_docroot(Config));
 
+	if (Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) {
 
-	/* Harvid Browser */
-	harvid_list_view.append_column("", pixBufRenderer);
-	harvid_list_view.append_column(_("Filename"), harvid_list_columns.filename);
+		/* Harvid Browser */
+		harvid_list_view.append_column("", pixBufRenderer);
+		harvid_list_view.append_column(_("Filename"), harvid_list_columns.filename);
 
-	harvid_list_view.get_column(0)->set_alignment(0.5);
-	harvid_list_view.get_column(0)->add_attribute(pixBufRenderer, "stock-id", harvid_list_columns.id);
-	harvid_list_view.get_column(1)->set_expand(true);
-	harvid_list_view.get_column(1)->set_sort_column(harvid_list_columns.filename);
-	harvid_list_view.set_enable_search(true);
-	harvid_list_view.set_search_column(1);
+		harvid_list_view.get_column(0)->set_alignment(0.5);
+		harvid_list_view.get_column(0)->add_attribute(pixBufRenderer, "stock-id", harvid_list_columns.id);
+		harvid_list_view.get_column(1)->set_expand(true);
+		harvid_list_view.get_column(1)->set_sort_column(harvid_list_columns.filename);
+		harvid_list_view.set_enable_search(true);
+		harvid_list_view.set_search_column(1);
 
+		harvid_list_view.get_selection()->set_mode (SELECTION_SINGLE);
 
-	//Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TreeModelSort> refTreeModelSort = Gtk::TreeModelSort::create(harvid_list_view.get_model());
-	//refTreeModelSort->set_sort_column(harvid_list_columns.filename, Gtk::SORT_ASCENDING);
-	//harvid_list_view.set_model(refTreeModelSort);
+		harvid_list_view.get_selection()->signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &AddVideoDialog::harvid_list_view_selected));
+		harvid_list_view.signal_row_activated().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &AddVideoDialog::harvid_list_view_activated));
 
-	harvid_list_view.get_selection()->set_mode (SELECTION_SINGLE);
+		VBox* vbox = manage (new VBox);
+		Gtk::ScrolledWindow *scroll = manage(new ScrolledWindow);
+		scroll->add(harvid_list_view);
+		scroll->set_policy(Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC, Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
 
-	harvid_list_view.get_selection()->signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &AddVideoDialog::harvid_list_view_selected));
-	harvid_list_view.signal_row_activated().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &AddVideoDialog::harvid_list_view_activated));
-
-	VBox* vbox = manage (new VBox);
-	Gtk::ScrolledWindow *scroll = manage(new ScrolledWindow);
-	scroll->add(harvid_list_view);
-	scroll->set_policy(Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC, Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
-
-	HBox* hbox = manage (new HBox);
-	harvid_path.set_alignment (0, 0.5);
-	hbox->pack_start (harvid_path, true, true);
-	hbox->pack_start (harvid_reset, false, false);
-
-	vbox->pack_start (*hbox, false, false);
-	vbox->pack_start (*scroll, true, true);
-
-	notebook.append_page (*vbox, _("VideoServerIndex"));
+		HBox* hbox = manage (new HBox);
+		harvid_path.set_alignment (0, 0.5);
+		hbox->pack_start (harvid_path, true, true);
+		hbox->pack_start (harvid_reset, false, false);
 
+		vbox->pack_start (*hbox, false, false);
+		vbox->pack_start (*scroll, true, true);
 
+		notebook.append_page (*vbox, _("VideoServerIndex"));
+	} else {
+		/* dummy entry */
+		VBox* vbox = manage (new VBox);
+		notebook.append_page (*vbox, _("VideoServerIndex"));
+	}
 
 	/* file chooser */
 	chooser.set_border_width (4);
@@ -144,12 +143,13 @@ AddVideoDialog::AddVideoDialog (Session* s)
 	import_combo.append_text(_("Transcode to Session"));
 	import_combo.set_active(2);
 
-	vbox = manage (new VBox);
-	vbox->pack_start (chooser, true, true, 0);
-	vbox->pack_start (import_combo, false, true, 4);
+	VBox* vboxfb = manage (new VBox);
+	vboxfb->pack_start (chooser, true, true, 0);
+	vboxfb->pack_start (import_combo, false, true, 4);
 
-	if (Config->get_video_server_docroot().size() > 0) {
-		notebook.append_page (*vbox, _("Browse Files"));
+	if (video_get_docroot(Config).size() > 0 &&
+			Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) {
+		notebook.append_page (*vboxfb, _("Browse Files"));
 	}
 
 	/* Global Options*/
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::AddVideoDialog (Session* s)
 	preview_image->set(imgbuf);
 	seek_slider.set_draw_value(false);
 
-	hbox = manage (new HBox);
+	HBox* hbox = manage (new HBox);
 	hbox->pack_start (*table, true, false);
 
 	Gtk::Alignment *al = manage(new Gtk::Alignment());
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ AddVideoDialog::AddVideoDialog (Session* s)
 
 	/* Overall layout */
 	hbox = manage (new HBox);
-	hbox->pack_start (notebook, true, true);
+	if (Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) {
+		hbox->pack_start (notebook, true, true);
+	} else {
+		hbox->pack_start (*vboxfb, true, true);
+	}
 	hbox->pack_start (*previewpane, false, false);
 
 	get_vbox()->set_spacing (4);
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::AddVideoDialog (Session* s)
 	/* xjadeo checkbox */
 	if (ARDOUR_UI::instance()->video_timeline->found_xjadeo()
 			/* TODO xjadeo setup w/ xjremote */
-			&& Config->get_video_server_docroot().size() > 0) {
+			&& video_get_docroot(Config).size() > 0) {
 		xjadeo_checkbox.set_active(true);  /* set in ardour_ui.cpp ?! */
 	} else {
 		printf("xjadeo was not found or video-server docroot is unset (remote video-server)\n");
@@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ std::string
 AddVideoDialog::file_name (bool &local_file)
 {
 	int n = notebook.get_current_page ();
-	if (n == 1) {
+	if (n == 1 || ! Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) {
 		local_file = true;
 		return chooser.get_filename();
 	} else {
@@ -304,10 +308,10 @@ AddVideoDialog::file_name (bool &local_file)
 		if(!iter) return "";
 
 		std::string uri = (*iter)[harvid_list_columns.uri];
-		std::string video_server_url = Config->get_video_server_url();
+		std::string video_server_url = video_get_server_url(Config);
 
 		/* check if video server is running locally */
-		if (Config->get_video_server_docroot().size() > 0
+		if (video_get_docroot(Config).size() > 0
 				&& !video_server_url.compare(0, 16, "http://localhost"))
 		{
 			/* check if the file can be accessed */
@@ -315,7 +319,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::file_name (bool &local_file)
 			CURL *curl;
 			curl = curl_easy_init();
 			char *ue = curl_easy_unescape(curl, uri.c_str(), uri.length(), &plen);
-			std::string path = Config->get_video_server_docroot() + ue;
+			std::string path = video_get_docroot(Config) + ue;
 			if (!::access(path.c_str(), R_OK)) {
 				uri = path;
 				local_file = true;
@@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ enum VtlImportOption
 AddVideoDialog::import_option ()
 {
 	int n = notebook.get_current_page ();
-	if (n == 0) { return VTL_IMPORT_NONE; }
+	if (n == 0 && Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) { return VTL_IMPORT_NONE; }
 	int i = import_combo.get_active_row_number();
 	return static_cast<VtlImportOption>(i);
 }
@@ -377,7 +381,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::file_selection_changed ()
 				&& !Glib::file_test(path.c_str(), Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_DIR);
 		set_action_ok(ok);
 		if (ok) {
-			request_preview(video_map_path(Config->get_video_server_docroot(), path));
+			request_preview(video_map_path(video_get_docroot(Config), path));
 		}
 	} else {
 		set_action_ok(false);
@@ -443,7 +447,7 @@ void
 AddVideoDialog::harvid_load_docroot() {
 	set_action_ok(false);
 
-	std::string video_server_url = Config->get_video_server_url();
+	std::string video_server_url = video_get_server_url(Config);
 	char url[2048];
 	snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "%s%sindex/"
 		, video_server_url.c_str()
@@ -454,7 +458,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::harvid_load_docroot() {
 
 bool
 AddVideoDialog::page_switch() {
-	if (notebook.get_current_page () == 1) {
+	if (notebook.get_current_page () == 1 || Config->get_video_advanced_setup()) {
 		file_selection_changed();
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -540,7 +544,7 @@ AddVideoDialog::seek_preview()
 void
 AddVideoDialog::request_preview(std::string u)
 {
-	std::string video_server_url = Config->get_video_server_url();
+	std::string video_server_url = video_get_server_url(Config);
 
 	double video_file_fps;
 	long long int video_duration;
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 238c530627..dc53f8fa6e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::start_video_server (Gtk::Window* float_window, bool popup_msg)
 
 		std::string icsd_exec = video_server_dialog->get_exec_path();
 		std::string icsd_docroot = video_server_dialog->get_docroot();
-		if (icsd_docroot.empty()) {icsd_docroot = "/";}
+		if (icsd_docroot.empty()) {icsd_docroot = X_("/");}
 
 		struct stat sb;
 		if (!lstat (icsd_docroot.c_str(), &sb) == 0 || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
@@ -3362,10 +3362,16 @@ ARDOUR_UI::start_video_server (Gtk::Window* float_window, bool popup_msg)
 		argp[8] = 0;
 		stop_video_server();
 
-		std::ostringstream osstream;
-		osstream << "http://localhost:" << video_server_dialog->get_listenport() << "/";
-		Config->set_video_server_url(osstream.str());
-		Config->set_video_server_docroot(icsd_docroot);
+		if (icsd_docroot == X_("/")) {
+			Config->set_video_advanced_setup(false);
+		} else {
+			std::ostringstream osstream;
+			osstream << "http://localhost:" << video_server_dialog->get_listenport() << "/";
+			Config->set_video_server_url(osstream.str());
+			Config->set_video_server_docroot(icsd_docroot);
+			Config->set_video_advanced_setup(true);
+		}
+
 		video_server_process = new SystemExec(icsd_exec, argp);
 		video_server_process->start();
 		sleep(1);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/transcode_video_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/transcode_video_dialog.cc
index 00e7d2ec5c..bb9f185750 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/transcode_video_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/transcode_video_dialog.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ TranscodeVideoDialog::TranscodeVideoDialog (Session* s, std::string infile)
 	height_spinner.set_sensitive(false);
 	bitrate_spinner.set_sensitive(false);
 
-	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), Config->get_video_server_docroot());
+	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), video_get_docroot(Config));
 	std::string dstfn  = video_dest_file(dstdir, infile);
 	path_entry.set_text (dstfn);
 
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void
 TranscodeVideoDialog::launch_transcode ()
 {
 	std::string outfn = path_entry.get_text();
-	if (!confirm_video_outfn(outfn, Config->get_video_server_docroot())) return;
+	if (!confirm_video_outfn(outfn, video_get_docroot(Config))) return;
 	progress_label.set_text (_("Transcoding Video.."));
 	dialog_progress_mode();
 #if 1 /* tentative debug mode */
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/video_copy_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/video_copy_dialog.cc
index 30d93837a7..27926227a4 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/video_copy_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/video_copy_dialog.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ VideoCopyDialog::VideoCopyDialog (Session* s, std::string infile)
 	set_resizable (false);
 	p_connection = sigc::connection();
 
-	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), Config->get_video_server_docroot());
+	std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), video_get_docroot(Config));
 	std::string dstfn  = dstdir + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + Glib::path_get_basename(infile);
 	path_entry.set_text (dstfn);
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void
 VideoCopyDialog::setup_non_interactive_copy (std::string destfn)
 {
 	if (destfn.empty()) {
-		std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), Config->get_video_server_docroot());
+		std::string dstdir = video_dest_dir(_session->session_directory().video_path(), video_get_docroot(Config));
 		outfn= dstdir + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + Glib::path_get_basename(infn);
 	} else {
 		outfn=destfn;
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.cc
index 5809b9a7d4..ca70c11a0f 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "ardour/session.h"
 
 #include "video_server_dialog.h"
+#include "utils_videotl.h"
 #include "i18n.h"
 
 using namespace Gtk;
@@ -131,17 +132,23 @@ VideoServerDialog::VideoServerDialog (Session* s)
 	t->attach (*l, 0, 1, 2, 3, FILL);
 	t->attach (cachesize_spinner, 1, 2, 2, 3);
 
-	l = manage (new Label (_("Ardour relies on an external Video Server for the videotimeline. The server configured in Edit -> Prefereces -> Video is not reachable. Do you want ardour to launch 'harvid' on this machine?"), Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT, Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER, false));
+	l = manage (new Label (_("Ardour relies on an external Video Server for the videotimeline.\nThe server configured in Edit -> Prefereces -> Video is not reachable.\nDo you want ardour to launch 'harvid' on this machine?"), Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT, Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER, false));
+	l->set_max_width_chars(80);
 	l->set_line_wrap();
-	vbox->pack_start (*l, false, true, 4);
+	vbox->pack_start (*l, true, true, 4);
 	vbox->pack_start (*path_hbox, false, false);
-	vbox->pack_start (*docroot_hbox, false, false);
+	if (Config->get_video_advanced_setup()){
+		vbox->pack_start (*docroot_hbox, false, false);
+	} else {
+		docroot_entry.set_text(X_("/"));
+		listenport_spinner.set_sensitive(false);
+	}
 	vbox->pack_start (*options_box, false, true);
 
 	get_vbox()->set_spacing (4);
 	get_vbox()->pack_start (*vbox, false, false);
 	get_vbox()->pack_start (showagain_checkbox, false, false);
-	showagain_checkbox.set_active(false);
+	showagain_checkbox.set_active(!Config->get_show_video_server_dialog());
 
 	path_browse_button.signal_clicked().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &VideoServerDialog::open_path_dialog));
 	docroot_browse_button.signal_clicked().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &VideoServerDialog::open_docroot_dialog));
@@ -195,10 +202,19 @@ VideoServerDialog::open_docroot_dialog ()
 	if (result == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK) {
 		std::string dirname = dialog.get_filename();
 
+		if (dirname.empty() || dirname.at(dirname.length()-1) != G_DIR_SEPARATOR) {
+			dirname += "/";
+		}
+
 		if (dirname.length()) {
 			docroot_entry.set_text (dirname);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+std::string
+VideoServerDialog::get_docroot () {
+	return docroot_entry.get_text();
+}
+
 #endif /* WITH_VIDEOTIMELINE */
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.h b/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.h
index e6216cfed7..fae0f06390 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/video_server_dialog.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class VideoServerDialog : public ArdourDialog
 	~VideoServerDialog ();
 
 	std::string get_exec_path () { return path_entry.get_text(); }
-	std::string get_docroot () { return docroot_entry.get_text(); }
+	std::string get_docroot ();
 	std::string get_listenaddr () { return listenaddr_combo.get_active_text();}
 	int get_listenport () { return listenport_spinner.get_value_as_int();}
 	int get_cachesize () { return cachesize_spinner.get_value_as_int();}
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.cc b/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.cc
index f751866ba7..e214341d20 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.cc
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ VideoTimeLine::VideoTimeLine (PublicEditor *ed, ArdourCanvas::Group *vbg, int in
 	video_aspect_ratio = 4.0/3.0;
 	open_video_monitor_dialog = 0;
 	Config->ParameterChanged.connect (*this, invalidator (*this), ui_bind (&VideoTimeLine::parameter_changed, this, _1), gui_context());
-	video_server_url = Config->get_video_server_url();
-	server_docroot   = Config->get_video_server_docroot();
+	video_server_url = video_get_server_url(Config);
+	server_docroot   = video_get_docroot(Config);
 	video_filename = "";
 	local_file = true;
 	video_file_fps = 25.0;
@@ -616,9 +616,12 @@ void
 VideoTimeLine::parameter_changed (std::string const & p)
 {
 	if (p == "video-server-url") {
-		set_video_server_url (Config->get_video_server_url ());
+		set_video_server_url (video_get_server_url(Config));
 	} else if (p == "video-server-docroot") {
-		set_video_server_docroot (Config->get_video_server_docroot ());
+		set_video_server_docroot (video_get_docroot(Config));
+	} else if (p == "video-advanced-setup") {
+		set_video_server_url (video_get_server_url(Config));
+		set_video_server_docroot (video_get_docroot(Config));
 	}
 	if (p == "use-video-file-fps" || p == "videotimeline-pullup" ) { /* session->config parameter */
 		VtlUpdate();