Here is the download page http://plugins.jquery.com/project/maxChar

I can’t find it!

Absolutely. In fact, I had it in there at one point as part of validation. Then I removed validation to focus the plugin more on it’s core object: providing a character counter.

I am definitely going to re-add it and will try to do so in the next couple of days. I have not had a lot of time lately to provide support for this plugin, which is still in beta. I’m very glad for your interest and I will have more time soon.

One more thought. I didn’t mention it because one usually tries to avoid embedding the video in a swf, because it just adds overhead, but doing so in a swf with a framerate of 30 frames per second would allow you to seek each 1/30th of second in that you could seek to each frame, which is 1/30th of a second. Of course going this route excludes using something like youtube to publish your video. You would need a Web server to serve the swf with the embedded video and an html page to embed the swf. If you had no more than a couple of hundred videos to publish over a few years, this could be a feasible plan on a budget, given you have the expertise to import the video into flash, add the video player. specify the video in the settings and publish the swf and html page to a Web server.

Unfortunately seek on those free video services (youtube, for example) will not allow sub-second seek (using milliseconds rather than seconds). In fact, it doesn’t even allow per-second seek. You can usually seek every few seconds. When you upload your videos, they will be compressed (again) by youtube (or other service).

Can you share more about your project and why you need that seek rate? Also, if you would like to discuss contracting a custom solution, call me at {512} * 680 * 8142.

Can you post your code? I would be happy to help.

Also, keep this in mind: in new versions truncate is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. The plugin will be all about counting the characters, displaying the count, and providing options such as css class changes, timing, etc. All other tasks will be left to other plugins.

Even though it shows a negative value it’s very easy for the user to miss that they have typed over the limit. It would be helpful to then set a class that for example sets the negative number to red. The class would obviously have to be removed if the user deletes text and the counter goes above zero.

Thanks for a useful plugin!