Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
===================================================================
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(revision 31642)
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(working copy)
@@ -879,6 +879,18 @@
 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 seek further backwards to the start position
+of the EDL record and then immediately skip the scene specified in the
+EDL record.
+To avoid this kind of behavior, MPlayer jumps to a fixed time interval
+before the start of the EDL record.
+This parameter allows you to specify that time interval in seconds
+(default: 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 31642)
+++ mplayer.c	(working copy)
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 // 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;
 
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@
                     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 31642)
+++ 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},