[MPlayer-users] mplayer plays backwards - anyone else have this problem?

[Jason]

On 11-Jan-04, at 9:48 PM, Georgi Georgiev wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read 
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> maillog: 11/01/2004-14:49:14(-0800): Jason types
>> My problem is that when I play a video using gmplayer of any kind, 
>> with
>> any skin in either gnome or KDE, it will eventually start playing
>> backwards rapidly (as if you were holding down the back arrow on the
>> keyboard) and the only way to have it start playing forwards again is
>> to tap the back arrow on the keyboard once.  Then it will play, but 
>> all
>> further keyboard input will be ignored.  I've tried using multiple
>> keyboards in case that was the problem and it doesn't seem to make a
>> difference.
>
> I had a similar problem. Turned out to be my joystick.
>
Thanks Georgi!

I'll try that when I get home, but that is almost certainly the 
problem.  I have a force feedback joystick hooked up that always falls 
to one side when it is not in use - this had gotten me before when I 
opened up Tux Racer and tried to play with the keyboard but Tux kept 
going left.... just didn't even think that MPlayer would use the 
joystick.

If that turns out to be my problem, I will be very happy!

Jason