diff -u vdr-2.0.0/config.c ../vdr-2.0.0/config.c
--- vdr-2.0.0/config.c  2013-03-18 08:57:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ../vdr-2.0.0/config.c       2013-04-08 16:12:25.044811379 +0100
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@
   UseSubtitle = 1;
   UseVps = 0;
   VpsMargin = 120;
+  VpsFallback = 0;
   RecordingDirs = 1;
   FoldersInTimerMenu = 1;
   AlwaysSortFoldersFirst = 1;
@@ -623,6 +624,7 @@
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "UseSubtitle"))         UseSubtitle        = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "UseVps"))              UseVps             = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "VpsMargin"))           VpsMargin          = atoi(Value);
+  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "VpsFallback"))         VpsFallback        = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "RecordingDirs"))       RecordingDirs      = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "FoldersInTimerMenu"))  FoldersInTimerMenu = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "AlwaysSortFoldersFirst")) AlwaysSortFoldersFirst = atoi(Value);
@@ -732,6 +734,7 @@
   Store("UseSubtitle",        UseSubtitle);
   Store("UseVps",             UseVps);
   Store("VpsMargin",          VpsMargin);
+  Store("VpsFallback",        VpsFallback);
   Store("RecordingDirs",      RecordingDirs);
   Store("FoldersInTimerMenu", FoldersInTimerMenu);
   Store("AlwaysSortFoldersFirst", AlwaysSortFoldersFirst);
diff -u vdr-2.0.0/config.h ../vdr-2.0.0/config.h
--- vdr-2.0.0/config.h  2013-03-31 10:30:18.000000000 +0100
+++ ../vdr-2.0.0/config.h       2013-04-08 16:12:25.054811027 +0100
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@
   int UseSubtitle;
   int UseVps;
   int VpsMargin;
+  int VpsFallback;
   int RecordingDirs;
   int FoldersInTimerMenu;
   int AlwaysSortFoldersFirst;
diff -u vdr-2.0.0/menu.c ../vdr-2.0.0/menu.c
--- vdr-2.0.0/menu.c    2013-03-18 09:11:48.000000000 +0000
+++ ../vdr-2.0.0/menu.c 2013-04-08 16:12:25.074810324 +0100
@@ -3141,6 +3141,7 @@
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Use episode name"),          &data.UseSubtitle));
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Use VPS"),                   &data.UseVps));
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Recording$VPS margin (s)"),            &data.VpsMargin, 0));
+  Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Use running status as VPS fallback"), &data.VpsFallback));
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Mark instant recording"),    &data.MarkInstantRecord));
   Add(new cMenuEditStrItem( tr("Setup.Recording$Name instant recording"),     data.NameInstantRecord, sizeof(data.NameInstantRecord)));
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Recording$Instant rec. time (min)"),   &data.InstantRecordTime, 0, MAXINSTANTRECTIME, tr("Setup.Recording$present event")));
diff -u vdr-2.0.0/timers.c ../vdr-2.0.0/timers.c
--- vdr-2.0.0/timers.c  2013-03-29 15:37:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ../vdr-2.0.0/timers.c       2013-04-08 16:12:25.084809973 +0100
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
   deferred = 0;
 
   if (HasFlags(tfActive)) {
-     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && event->Vps()) {
+     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && (Setup.VpsFallback || event->Vps())) {
         if (Margin || !Directly) {
            startTime = event->StartTime();
            stopTime = event->EndTime();