diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/bigbluebutton/manager/BigBlueButtonOpenCastRecordingsHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/bigbluebutton/manager/BigBlueButtonOpenCastRecordingsHandler.java
index 7ce253716a50d5eba37279749b76f0df0124e112..dcd246878247b03c8b4c09e3c4a1532fb0b68e9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/bigbluebutton/manager/BigBlueButtonOpenCastRecordingsHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/bigbluebutton/manager/BigBlueButtonOpenCastRecordingsHandler.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class BigBlueButtonOpenCastRecordingsHandler implements BigBlueButtonReco
 			return Collections.emptyList();
 		}
 		
-		List<OpencastEvent> events = opencastService.getEvents(meeting.getMeetingId());
+		List<OpencastEvent> events = opencastService.getEvents(meeting.getMeetingId(), true);
 		List<BigBlueButtonRecording> recordings = new ArrayList<>(events.size());
 		for (OpencastEvent event : events) {
 			String recordId = event.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/OpencastService.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/OpencastService.java
index b4e5c14c58a896c9830a7e2c5a00fe2348106bfa..9915777f85e8a9eae914dd71b3167f75e20587cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/OpencastService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/OpencastService.java
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ public interface OpencastService {
 	 * Get the events with the metadata in the bibliographic data
 	 *
 	 * @param metadata
+	 * @param publishedOnly only get events which are published on the presentation service
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	List<OpencastEvent> getEvents(String metadata);
+	List<OpencastEvent> getEvents(String metadata, boolean publishedOnly);
 	
 	/**
 	 * Delete all events with the identifier.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/manager/OpencastServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/manager/OpencastServiceImpl.java
index 97a73122ec532055e6e350a603e52450f84041b2..d9083ccb879935d6b07dee3257fc001d267f58d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/manager/OpencastServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/opencast/manager/OpencastServiceImpl.java
@@ -93,11 +93,17 @@ public class OpencastServiceImpl implements OpencastService {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public List<OpencastEvent> getEvents(String metadata) {
+	public List<OpencastEvent> getEvents(String metadata, boolean publishedOnly) {
 		GetEventsParams params = GetEventsParams.builder()
 				.addFilter(Filter.textFilter, metadata)
 				.build();
-		return getEvents(params);
+		List<OpencastEvent> events = getEvents(params);
+		if (publishedOnly) {
+			events = events.stream()
+					.filter(event -> opencastRestClient.isEpisodeExisting(event.getIdentifier()))
+					.collect(Collectors.toList());
+		}
+		return events;
 	}
 
 	private List<OpencastEvent> getEvents(GetEventsParams params) {