diff -u vdr-2.3.1/config.c vdr-2.3.1.old/config.c
--- vdr-2.3.1/config.c	2015-09-13 12:09:44.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-2.3.1.old/config.c	2015-09-30 14:30:06.588964962 +0100
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@
   UseSubtitle = 1;
   UseVps = 0;
   VpsMargin = 120;
+  VpsFallback = 0;
   RecordingDirs = 1;
   FoldersInTimerMenu = 1;
   AlwaysSortFoldersFirst = 1;
@@ -655,6 +656,7 @@
   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);
@@ -786,6 +788,7 @@
   Store("UseSubtitle",        UseSubtitle);
   Store("UseVps",             UseVps);
   Store("VpsMargin",          VpsMargin);
+  Store("VpsFallback",        VpsFallback);
   Store("RecordingDirs",      RecordingDirs);
   Store("FoldersInTimerMenu", FoldersInTimerMenu);
   Store("AlwaysSortFoldersFirst", AlwaysSortFoldersFirst);
diff -u vdr-2.3.1/config.h vdr-2.3.1.old/config.h
--- vdr-2.3.1/config.h	2015-09-11 09:07:34.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-2.3.1.old/config.h	2015-09-30 14:30:56.538820787 +0100
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
   int UseSubtitle;
   int UseVps;
   int VpsMargin;
+  int VpsFallback;
   int RecordingDirs;
   int FoldersInTimerMenu;
   int AlwaysSortFoldersFirst;
diff -u vdr-2.3.1/menu.c vdr-2.3.1.old/menu.c
--- vdr-2.3.1/menu.c	2015-09-14 14:22:49.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-2.3.1.old/menu.c	2015-09-30 14:33:18.558390031 +0100
@@ -3958,6 +3958,7 @@
   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-2.3.1/timers.c vdr-2.3.1.old/timers.c
--- vdr-2.3.1/timers.c	2015-09-13 14:10:24.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-2.3.1.old/timers.c	2015-09-30 14:35:07.238043249 +0100
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
   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();