diff --git a/static/js/uploadVideoDialog.js b/static/js/uploadVideoDialog.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cb455a67..00000000
--- a/static/js/uploadVideoDialog.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,599 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-pandora.ui.uploadVideoDialog = function(data) {
-
-    var cancelled = false,
-        file,
-        hasFirefogg = !(Ox.isUndefined(window.Firefogg)) && (
-            $.browser.version < '35' || Firefogg().version >= 334
-        ),
-        infoContent = Ox._('Please select the video file that you want to upload.'),
-        itemView = pandora.hasCapability('canSeeExtraItemViews') ? 'media' : 'info',
-        selectFile,
-        $actionButton,
-        $closeButton,
-        $content = Ox.Element().css({margin: '16px'}),
-        $info = $('<div>')
-            .css({padding: '4px'})
-            .html(infoContent),
-        $progress,
-        $status = $('<div>').css({padding: '4px', paddingTop: '8px'}),
-        that = Ox.Dialog({
-            buttons: [
-                $closeButton = Ox.Button({
-                    id: 'close',
-                    title: Ox._('Close')
-                }).css({
-                    float: 'left'
-                }).bindEvent({
-                    click: function() {
-                        if ($closeButton.options('title') == Ox._('Cancel')) {
-                            cancelled = true;
-                            $info.html(infoContent);
-                            $status.html('');
-                            pandora.firefogg && pandora.firefogg.cancel();
-                            pandora.$ui.upload && pandora.$ui.upload.abort();
-                            $closeButton.options('title', Ox._('Close'));
-                            if ($actionButton.options('title') == Ox._('Upload')) {
-                                $closeButton.options('title', Ox._('Close'));
-                                $actionButton.replaceWith($actionButton = hasFirefogg
-                                    ? getFirefoggButton()
-                                    : getSelectVideoButton()
-                                );
-                            }
-                            $actionButton.show();
-                        } else {
-                            that.triggerEvent('close');
-                        }
-                    }
-                }),
-                $actionButton = hasFirefogg ? getFirefoggButton() : getSelectVideoButton()
-            ],
-            content: $content,
-            height: 128,
-            removeOnClose: true,
-            width: 368,
-            title: Ox._('Upload Video'),
-        })
-        .bindEvent({
-            close: function(data) {
-                if (pandora.firefogg) {
-                    pandora.firefogg.cancel();
-                    delete pandora.firefogg;
-                }
-                that.close();
-            }
-        });
-
-    if (!pandora.site.itemRequiresVideo && !pandora.user.ui.item) {
-        $info.html(Ox._(
-            'You can only upload a video to an existing {0}.'
-            + ' Please check if an entry for the {0}'
-            + ' you want to upload exists, and create one otherwise.',
-            [pandora.site.itemName.singular.toLowerCase()]
-        ));
-        $actionButton.hide();
-    }
-    $content.append($info);
-    $content.append($status);
-
-    function aspectratio(ratio) {
-        var denominator, numerator;
-        ratio = ratio.split(':');
-        numerator = ratio[0];
-        if (ratio.length == 2) {
-            denominator = ratio[1];
-        }
-        if (Math.abs(numerator / denominator - 4/3) < 0.03) {
-            numerator = 4;
-            denominator = 3;
-        } else if (Math.abs(numerator / denominator - 16/9) < 0.02) {
-            numerator = 16;
-            denominator = 9;
-        }
-        return {
-            denominator: denominator,
-            'float': numerator / denominator,
-            numerator: numerator,
-            ratio: numerator + ':' + denominator
-        };
-    }
-
-    function resetProgress(status) {
-        $progress = Ox.Progressbar({
-            progress: 0,
-            showPercent: true,
-            showTime: true,
-            width: 304
-        });
-        $status.html(status || '').append($progress);
-    }
-
-    function directUpload(file, info) {
-        resetProgress();
-        pandora.api.addMedia({
-            filename: info.name,
-            id: info.oshash,
-            item: pandora.site.itemRequiresVideo
-                ? undefined
-                : pandora.user.ui.item
-        }, function(result) {
-            uploadStream(result.data.item, info, file);
-        });
-    }
-
-    function encode() {
-        var filename = pandora.firefogg.sourceFilename,
-            info = JSON.parse(pandora.firefogg.sourceInfo),
-            item,
-            oshash = info.oshash;
-        $info.html('<b>' + filename + '</b><br>' + Ox._('encoding...'));
-        resetProgress();
-        pandora.api.addMedia({
-            filename: filename,
-            id: oshash,
-            info: info,
-            item: pandora.site.itemRequiresVideo
-                ? undefined
-                : pandora.user.ui.item
-        }, function(result) {
-            item = result.data.item;
-            pandora.firefogg.encode(
-                getEncodingOptions(info),
-                function(result, file) {
-                    result = JSON.parse(result);
-                    if (result.progress != 1) {
-                        $status.html(
-                            cancelled
-                            ? Ox._('Encoding cancelled.')
-                            : Ox._('Encoding failed.')
-                        );
-                        delete pandora.firefogg;
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    setTimeout(function() {
-                        $info.html(
-                            '<b>' + filename + '</b><br>'
-                            + Ox._('uploading...')
-                        );
-                        uploadStream(item, info, file);
-                    });
-                },
-                Ox.throttle(function(progress) {
-                    progress = JSON.parse(progress).progress || 0;
-                    $progress.options({progress: progress});
-                }, 1000)
-            );
-        });
-    }
-
-    function getInfo(file, callback) {
-        Ox.oshash(file, function(oshash) {
-            var $video = $('<video>'),
-                url = URL.createObjectURL(file),
-                info = {
-                    audio: [],
-                    direct: false,
-                    oshash: oshash,
-                    name: file.name,
-                    size: file.size,
-                    video: []
-                };
-            $video.one('error', function(event) {
-                callback(info);
-            });
-            $video.one('loadedmetadata', function(event) {
-                info.duration = $video[0].duration;
-                if ($video[0].videoHeight > 0) {
-                    info.video.push({
-                        height: $video[0].videoHeight,
-                        width: $video[0].videoWidth
-                    });
-                }
-                if (info.duration) {
-                    info.bitrate = info.size * 8 / info.duration / 1000;
-                }
-                var format = pandora.site.video.formats[0],
-                    resolution = getResolution(info);
-                info.direct = Ox.endsWith(info.name, format)
-                    && info.video.length > 0
-                    && info.video[0].height <= resolution;
-                callback(info);
-            });
-            $video[0].src = url;
-        });
-    }
-
-    function getResolution(info) {
-        var height = info.video && info.video.length
-                ? info.video[0].height
-                : Ox.max(pandora.site.video.resolutions),
-            resolution = Ox.sort(pandora.site.video.resolutions)
-                .filter(function(resolution) {
-                    return height <= resolution;
-                })[0] || Ox.max(pandora.site.video.resolutions);
-        return resolution;
-    }
-
-    function getFirefoggButton() {
-        return Ox.Button({
-            id: 'action',
-            title: Ox._('Select Video')
-        }).bindEvent({
-            click: function() {
-                if ($actionButton.options('title') == Ox._('Select Video')) {
-                    if (selectVideo()) {
-                        $closeButton.options('title', Ox._('Cancel'));
-                        $actionButton.options('title', Ox._('Upload'));
-                    }
-                } else if ($actionButton.options('title') == Ox._('Cancel')) {
-                    cancelled = true;
-                    pandora.firefogg && pandora.firefogg.cancel();
-                    pandora.$ui.upload && pandora.$ui.upload.abort();
-                    $actionButton.options('title', Ox._('Select Video'));
-                    $closeButton.show();
-                } else {
-                    $closeButton.options('title', Ox._('Cancel'));
-                    $actionButton.hide().options('title', Ox._('Select Video'));
-                    encode();
-                }
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
-    function getSelectVideoButton() {
-        return Ox.FileButton({
-            id: 'action',
-            title: Ox._('Select Video'),
-            maxFiles: 1,
-            width: 96
-        }).css({
-            float: 'left'
-        }).bindEvent({
-            click: function(data) {
-                if (data.files.length) {
-                    cancelled = false;
-                    $actionButton.replaceWith($actionButton = Ox.Button({
-                        id: 'action',
-                        title: 'Upload',
-                        disabled: true
-                    }).css({
-                        float: 'left'
-                    }));
-                    getInfo(data.files[0], function(info) {
-                        $actionButton.options({
-                            disabled: false
-                        }).bindEvent({
-                            click: function() {
-                                $actionButton.replaceWith($actionButton = getSelectVideoButton().hide());
-                                info.direct
-                                    ? directUpload(data.files[0], info)
-                                    : upload(data.files[0]);
-                            }
-                        });
-                        $info.html(formatVideoInfo(info));
-                        $status.html(
-                            info.direct
-                            ? Ox._(
-                                'Your video will be used directly.'
-                            )
-                            : Ox._(
-                                'Your video will be transcoded on the server.'
-                            )
-                        );
-                    });
-                    $closeButton.options('title', Ox._('Cancel'));
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    function uploadStream(item, info, file) {
-        var oshash = info.oshash,
-            format = pandora.site.video.formats[0],
-            resolution = getResolution(info);
-        pandora.$ui.upload = pandora.chunkupload({
-            file: file,
-            url: '/api/upload/?profile=' + resolution + 'p.'
-                + format + '&id=' + oshash,
-            data: {}
-        }).bindEvent({
-            done: function(data) {
-                if (data.progress == 1) {
-                    Ox.Request.clearCache();
-                    if (
-                        pandora.user.ui.item == item
-                        && pandora.user.ui.itemView == itemView
-                    ) {
-                        pandora.$ui.item.reload();
-                    } else {
-                        pandora.UI.set({
-                            item: item,
-                            itemView: itemView
-                        });
-                    }
-                    delete pandora.firefogg;
-                    that.close();
-                } else {
-                    $status.html(Ox._('Upload failed.'));
-                    pandora.api.logError({
-                        text: data.responseText,
-                        url: '/' + item,
-                        line: 1
-                    });
-                }
-            },
-            progress: function(data) {
-                $progress.options({progress: data.progress || 0});
-            },
-        });
-    }
-
-    function upload(file) {
-        resetProgress();
-        $info.html(Ox._('Uploading {0}', [file.name]));
-        Ox.oshash(file, function(oshash) {
-            pandora.api.findMedia({
-                query: {
-                    conditions: [{key: 'oshash', value: oshash}]
-                },
-                keys: ['id', 'item', 'available']
-            }, function(result) {
-                if (
-                    result.data.items.length === 0
-                    || !result.data.items[0].available
-                ) {
-                    pandora.api.addMedia({
-                        filename: file.name,
-                        id: oshash,
-                        item: pandora.site.itemRequiresVideo
-                            ? undefined
-                            : pandora.user.ui.item
-                    }, function(result) {
-                        var item = result.data.item;
-                        pandora.$ui.upload = pandora.chunkupload({
-                            file: file,
-                            url: '/api/upload/direct/',
-                            data: {
-                                id: oshash
-                            }
-                        }).bindEvent({
-                            done: function(data) {
-                                if (data.progress == 1) {
-                                    Ox.Request.clearCache();
-                                    if (
-                                        pandora.user.ui.item == item
-                                        && pandora.user.ui.itemView == itemView
-                                    ) {
-                                        pandora.$ui.item.reload();
-                                    } else {
-                                        pandora.UI.set({
-                                            item: item,
-                                            itemView: itemView
-                                        });
-                                    }
-                                    that.close();
-                                } else {
-                                    $status.html(
-                                        cancelled
-                                        ? Ox._('Upload cancelled.')
-                                        : Ox._('Upload failed.')
-                                    );
-                                    !cancelled && pandora.api.logError({
-                                        text: data.responseText,
-                                        url: '/' + item,
-                                        line: 1
-                                    });
-                                }
-                            },
-                            progress: function(data) {
-                                $progress.options({
-                                    progress: data.progress || 0
-                                });
-                            }
-                        });
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    pandora.UI.set({
-                        item: result.data.items[0].item,
-                        itemView: itemView
-                    });
-                    that.close();
-                }
-            });
-        });
-    }
-
-    function getEncodingOptions(info) {
-        var bpp = 0.17,
-            dar,
-            format = pandora.site.video.formats[0],
-            fps,
-            options = {},
-            resolution = getResolution(info);
-        if (format == 'webm') {
-            options.videoCodec = 'vp8';
-            options.audioCodec = 'vorbis';
-        } else if (format == 'ogv') {
-            options.videoCodec = 'theora';
-            options.audioCodec = 'vorbis';
-        }
-        if (resolution == 720) {
-            options.height = 720;
-            options.samplerate = 48000;
-            options.audioQuality = 5;
-        } else if (resolution == 480) {
-            options.height = 480;
-            options.samplerate = 44100;
-            options.audioQuality = 3;
-            options.channels = 2;
-        } else if (resolution == 432) {
-            options.height = 432;
-            options.samplerate = 44100;
-            options.audioQuality = 3;
-            options.channels = 2;
-        } else if (resolution == 360) {
-            options.height = 320;
-            options.samplerate = 44100;
-            options.audioQuality = 1;
-            options.channels = 1;
-        } else if (resolution == 288) {
-            options.height = 288;
-            options.samplerate = 44100;
-            options.audioQuality = 0;
-            options.channels = 1;
-        } else if (resolution == 240) {
-            options.height = 240;
-            options.samplerate = 44100;
-            options.audioQuality = 0;
-            options.channels = 1;
-        } else if (resolution == 144) {
-            options.height = 144;
-            options.samplerate = 22050;
-            options.audioQuality = -1;
-            options.audioBitrate = 22;
-            options.channels = 1;
-        } else if (resolution == 96) {
-            options.height = 96;
-            options.samplerate = 22050;
-            options.audioQuality = -1;
-            options.audioBitrate = 22;
-            options.channels = 1;
-        }
-        if (info.video && info.video.length) {
-            info.video.forEach(function(video) {
-                if (!video.display_aspect_ratio) {
-                    video.display_aspect_ratio = video.width + ':' + video.height;
-                    video.pixel_aspect_ratio = '1:1';
-                }
-            });
-            dar = aspectratio(info.video[0].display_aspect_ratio);
-            fps = aspectratio(info.video[0].framerate).float;
-            options.width = parseInt(dar.float * options.height, 10);
-            options.width += options.width % 2;
-            // interlaced hdv material is detected with double framerates
-            if (fps == 50) {
-                fps = options.framerate = 25;
-            } else if (fps == 60) {
-                fps = options.framerate = 30;
-            }
-            if (Math.abs(options.width/options.height - dar.float) < 0.02) {
-                options.aspect = options.width + ':' + options.height;
-            } else {
-                options.aspect = dar.ratio;
-            }
-            options.videoBitrate = Math.round(
-                options.height * options.width * fps * bpp / 1000
-            );
-            options.denoise = true; 
-            options.deinterlace = true; 
-        } else {
-            options.noVideo = true;
-        }
-        if (info.audio) {
-            if (options.cannels && info.audio[0].channels < options.channels) {
-                delete options.channels;
-            }
-        } else {
-            options.noAudio = true;
-            delete options.samplerate;
-            delete options.audioQuality;
-            delete options.channels;
-        }
-        options.noUpscaling = true;
-        if (
-            (!info.video.length || (
-                info.video[0].codec == options.videoCodec
-                && info.video[0].height <= options.height
-            ))
-            && (!info.audio.length || info.audio[0].codec == options.audioCodec)
-        ) {
-            options = {passthrough: true};
-        }
-        return JSON.stringify(options);
-    }
-
-    function formatInfo(info) {
-        var html = '<b>' + info.path + '</b><br>';
-        if (info.video && info.video.length > 0) {
-            var video = info.video[0];
-            html += video.width + '×' + video.height  + ' (' + video.codec + ')';
-        }
-        if (
-            info.video && info.video.length > 0
-            && info.audio && info.audio.length > 0
-        ) {
-            html += ' / ';
-        }
-        if (info.audio && info.audio.length > 0) {
-            var audio = info.audio[0];
-            html += {1: 'mono', 2: 'stereo', 6: '5.1'}[audio.channels]
-                + ' ' + audio.samplerate / 1000 + ' kHz (' + audio.codec + ')';
-        }
-        html += '<br>' + Ox.formatValue(info.size, 'B')
-            + ' / ' + Ox.formatDuration(info.duration);
-        return html; 
-    }
-
-    function formatVideoInfo(info) {
-        var html = '<b>' + info.name + '</b><br>';
-        if (info.video && info.video.length > 0) {
-            html += info.video[0].width + '×' + info.video[0].height;
-        }
-        html += '<br>' + Ox.formatValue(info.size, 'B');
-        if(info.duration) {
-            html += ' / ' + Ox.formatDuration(info.duration);
-        }
-        return html; 
-    }
-
-    function selectVideo() {
-        cancelled = false;
-        pandora.firefogg = new Firefogg();
-        pandora.firefogg.setFormat(pandora.site.video.formats[0]);
-        if (pandora.firefogg.selectVideo()) {
-            var info = JSON.parse(pandora.firefogg.sourceInfo),
-                options = JSON.parse(getEncodingOptions(info)),
-                oshash = info.oshash,
-                filename = pandora.firefogg.sourceFilename,
-                item;
-            pandora.api.findMedia({
-                query: {
-                    conditions: [{key: 'oshash', value: oshash}]
-                },
-                keys: ['id', 'available']
-            }, function(result) {
-                if (
-                    result.data.items.length === 0
-                    || !result.data.items[0].available
-                ) {
-                    $info.html(formatInfo(info));
-                    $status.html(
-                        options.passthrough
-                        ? Ox._('Your video will be uploaded directly.')
-                        : Ox._('Your video will be transcoded before upload.')
-                    );
-                } else {
-                    pandora.api.find({
-                        query: {
-                            conditions: [{key: 'oshash', value: oshash}]
-                        },
-                        keys: ['id']
-                    }, function(result) {
-                        pandora.UI.set({
-                            item: result.data.items[0].id,
-                            itemView: itemView
-                        });
-                        delete pandora.firefogg;
-                        that.close();
-                    });
-                }
-            });
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return that;
-
-};
diff --git a/static/js/utils.js b/static/js/utils.js
index 79ab43d8..b111f0e4 100644
--- a/static/js/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/utils.js
@@ -3218,9 +3218,8 @@ pandora.updateStatus = function(item) {
         return ui.item == item && [
             'info', 'player', 'editor', 'timeline'
         ].indexOf(ui.itemView) > -1 && !(
-            // fixme: still wrong
-            pandora.$ui.uploadVideoDialog
-            && pandora.$ui.uploadVideoDialog.is('::visible')
+            pandora.$ui.addItemDialog
+            && pandora.$ui.addItemDialog.is('::visible')
         );
     }
 };