Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
===================================================================
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(revision 31555)
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(working copy)
@@ -874,6 +874,18 @@
 See http://www.mplayerhq.hu/\:DOCS/\:HTML/\:en/\:edl.html for details.
 .
 .TP
+.B \-edl-backward-delay <number>
+When using EDL during playback and jumping backwards it is possible to
+end up in the middle of an EDL record, in that case mplayer will jump out of 
+it in the same direction, to the start position of this EDL record. 
+Using this parameter you can set the number of seconds to add to
+the backward seek so jumping out of the record will end up in a position a 
+little before the beginning of the scene and will give you some time to press 
+another button for going backward again or pausing.
+Without this delay after the first jump out of an EDL scene, the playback would 
+enter the same EDL record again and immediately jump to the end.
+Default is 2 seconds.
+.
+.TP
 .B \-enqueue (GUI only)
 Enqueue files given on the command line in the playlist instead of playing them
 immediately.
Index: mplayer.c
===================================================================
--- mplayer.c	(revision 31555)
+++ mplayer.c	(working copy)
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 // have some time after the seek to decide what to do next
 // (next seek, pause,...), otherwise after the seek it will
 // enter the same scene again and skip forward immediately
-float edl_backward_extra_sec = 2;
+float edl_backward_delay = 2;
 int use_filedir_conf;
 int use_filename_title;
 
@@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@
                     abs_seek_pos = 0;
                     rel_seek_secs = -(mpctx->sh_video->pts -
                                       next_edl_record->start_sec +
-                                      edl_backward_extra_sec);
+                                      edl_backward_delay);
                     mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_DBG4, "EDL_SKIP: pts [%f], "
                            "offset [%f], start [%f], stop [%f], length [%f]\n",
                            mpctx->sh_video->pts, rel_seek_secs,
Index: cfg-mplayer.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-mplayer.h	(revision 31555)
+++ cfg-mplayer.h	(working copy)
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     {"noalsa", "-noalsa has been removed. Remove it from your config file.\n",
      CONF_TYPE_PRINT, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"edlout", &edl_output_filename,  CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+    {"edl-backward-delay", &edl_backward_delay,  CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_MIN, 0, 0, NULL},
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X11
     {"display", &mDisplayName, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},