diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 3105174f..010eac73 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import {
   getOutPath, getSuffixedOutPath, handleError, getOutDir,
   isStoreBuild, dragPreventer,
   havePermissionToReadFile, resolvePathIfNeeded, getPathReadAccessError, html5ifiedPrefix, html5dummySuffix, findExistingHtml5FriendlyFile,
-  deleteFiles, isOutOfSpaceError, isExecaFailure, readFileSize, readFileSizes, checkFileSizes, setDocumentTitle, getOutFileExtension, getSuffixedFileName, mustDisallowVob, readVideoTs, getImportProjectType,
+  deleteFiles, isOutOfSpaceError, isExecaFailure, readFileSize, readFileSizes, checkFileSizes, setDocumentTitle, getOutFileExtension, getSuffixedFileName, mustDisallowVob, readVideoTs, readDirRecursively, getImportProjectType,
   calcShouldShowWaveform, calcShouldShowKeyframes,
 } from './util';
 import { toast, errorToast } from './swal';
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ import isDev from './isDev';
 
 const electron = window.require('electron');
 const { exists } = window.require('fs-extra');
+const { lstat } = window.require('fs/promises');
 const filePathToUrl = window.require('file-url');
 const { parse: parsePath, join: pathJoin, basename, dirname } = window.require('path');
 
@@ -1798,12 +1799,28 @@ function App() {
 
     [lastOpenedPathRef.current] = filePaths;
 
-    // https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Inside_DVD-Video/Directory_Structure
-    if (filePaths.length === 1 && /^VIDEO_TS$/i.test(basename(filePaths[0]))) {
-      if (mustDisallowVob()) return;
-      filePaths = await readVideoTs(filePaths[0]);
+    // first check if it is a single directory, and if so, read it recursively
+    if (filePaths.length === 1) {
+      const firstFilePath = filePaths[0];
+      const firstFileStat = await lstat(firstFilePath);
+      if (firstFileStat.isDirectory()) {
+        console.log('Reading directory...');
+        filePaths = await readDirRecursively(firstFilePath);
+      }
     }
 
+    // Only allow opening regular files
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+    for (const path of filePaths) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+      const fileStat = await lstat(path);
+
+      if (!fileStat.isFile()) {
+        errorToast(i18n.t('Cannot open anything else than regular files'));
+        console.warn('Not a file:', path);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
 
     if (filePaths.length > 1) {
       if (alwaysConcatMultipleFiles) {
@@ -1818,6 +1835,12 @@ function App() {
     // filePaths.length is now 1
     const firstFilePath = filePaths[0];
 
+    // https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Inside_DVD-Video/Directory_Structure
+    if (/^VIDEO_TS$/i.test(basename(firstFilePath))) {
+      if (mustDisallowVob()) return;
+      filePaths = await readVideoTs(firstFilePath);
+    }
+
     if (workingRef.current) return;
     try {
       setWorking({ text: i18n.t('Loading file') });
@@ -1898,7 +1921,7 @@ function App() {
   }, [alwaysConcatMultipleFiles, batchLoadPaths, setWorking, isFileOpened, batchFiles.length, userOpenSingleFile, checkFileOpened, loadEdlFile, enableAskForFileOpenAction, addStreamSourceFile, filePath]);
 
   const openFilesDialog = useCallback(async () => {
-    const { canceled, filePaths } = await showOpenDialog({ properties: ['openFile', 'multiSelections'], defaultPath: lastOpenedPathRef.current });
+    const { canceled, filePaths } = await showOpenDialog({ properties: ['openFile', 'openDirectory', 'multiSelections'], defaultPath: lastOpenedPathRef.current });
     if (canceled) return;
     userOpenFiles(filePaths);
   }, [userOpenFiles]);
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index d45f04fd..7bfdbd8a 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ffmpegExtractWindow } from './util/constants';
 
 const { dirname, parse: parsePath, join, extname, isAbsolute, resolve, basename } = window.require('path');
 const fsExtra = window.require('fs-extra');
-const { stat, readdir, utimes, unlink } = window.require('fs/promises');
+const { stat, lstat, readdir, utimes, unlink } = window.require('fs/promises');
 const os = window.require('os');
 const { ipcRenderer } = window.require('electron');
 const remote = window.require('@electron/remote');
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export async function getPathReadAccessError(pathIn) {
 }
 
 export async function dirExists(dirPath) {
-  return (await pathExists(dirPath)) && (await fsExtra.lstat(dirPath)).isDirectory();
+  return (await pathExists(dirPath)) && (await lstat(dirPath)).isDirectory();
 }
 
 // const testFailFsOperation = isDev;
@@ -402,6 +402,22 @@ export async function readVideoTs(videoTsPath) {
   return ret;
 }
 
+export async function readDirRecursively(dirPath) {
+  const files = await readdir(dirPath, { recursive: true });
+  const ret = (await pMap(files, async (path) => {
+    if (['.DS_Store'].includes(basename(path))) return [];
+
+    const absPath = join(dirPath, path);
+    const fileStat = await lstat(absPath); // readdir also returns directories...
+    if (!fileStat.isFile()) return [];
+
+    return [absPath];
+  }, { concurrency: 5 })).flat();
+
+  if (ret.length === 0) throw new Error('No files found in folder');
+  return ret;
+}
+
 export function getImportProjectType(filePath) {
   if (filePath.endsWith('Summary.txt')) return 'dv-analyzer-summary-txt';
   const edlFormatForExtension = { csv: 'csv', pbf: 'pbf', edl: 'mplayer', cue: 'cue', xml: 'xmeml', fcpxml: 'fcpxml' };