diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f7cb959..8d49d34 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -260,4 +260,6 @@ Version 0.3.3
   no signal information will be fetched to improve performance.
 
   Version 0.3.4
-  
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+  
+- fixed backward compatibility to VDR version < 2.1.1 where
+  cRecording::IsInUse() was introduced
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diff --git a/views/viewhelpers.c b/views/viewhelpers.c
index 043f849..ebc9d75 100644
--- a/views/viewhelpers.c
+++ b/views/viewhelpers.c
@@ -626,9 +626,11 @@ void cViewHelpers::SetLastRecordings(map<string,int> *intTokens, map<string,stri
     Recordings.Sort();
     int found = 0;
     for (cRecording *recording = Recordings.Last(); recording; recording = Recordings.Prev(recording)) {
+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20101
         if (recording->IsInUse()) {
             continue;
         }
+#endif
         map< string, string > recVals;
         string recFullPath = recording->Name() ? recording->Name() : "";
         string recName = "";