diff -up vdr-2.0.3/config.c.orig vdr-2.0.3/config.c
--- vdr-2.0.3/config.c.orig	2013-03-18 10:57:50.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-2.0.3/config.c	2013-10-14 23:11:43.118026137 +0300
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ cSetup::cSetup(void)
   UseSubtitle = 1;
   UseVps = 0;
   VpsMargin = 120;
+  RsVpsFallback = 0;
   RecordingDirs = 1;
   FoldersInTimerMenu = 1;
   AlwaysSortFoldersFirst = 1;
diff -up vdr-2.0.3/config.h.orig vdr-2.0.3/config.h
--- vdr-2.0.3/config.h.orig	2013-08-21 16:44:59.000000000 +0300
+++ vdr-2.0.3/config.h	2013-10-14 23:11:43.118026137 +0300
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ public:
   int UseSubtitle;
   int UseVps;
   int VpsMargin;
+  int RsVpsFallback;
   int RecordingDirs;
   int FoldersInTimerMenu;
   int AlwaysSortFoldersFirst;
diff -up vdr-2.0.3/menu.c.orig vdr-2.0.3/menu.c
--- vdr-2.0.3/menu.c.orig	2013-04-27 13:32:28.000000000 +0300
+++ vdr-2.0.3/menu.c	2013-10-14 23:11:43.119026150 +0300
@@ -3139,6 +3139,7 @@ cMenuSetupRecord::cMenuSetupRecord(void)
   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.RsVpsFallback));
   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 -up vdr-2.0.3/timers.c.orig vdr-2.0.3/timers.c
--- vdr-2.0.3/timers.c.orig	2013-03-29 17:37:16.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-2.0.3/timers.c	2013-10-14 23:11:43.120026163 +0300
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ bool cTimer::Matches(time_t t, bool Dire
   deferred = 0;
 
   if (HasFlags(tfActive)) {
-     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && event->Vps()) {
+     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && (Setup.RsVpsFallback || event->Vps())) {
         if (Margin || !Directly) {
            startTime = event->StartTime();
            stopTime = event->EndTime();