Ok, How about this? If each list item has a class which reflects its order in the list (<li class="4">, <li class="5"> and so on..) and *one* of the list items also has an additional class <li class="active">, is there a way of using that number like this:
jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery('#mycarousel').jcarousel({ start: [the 'number class' of the list item which also has the 'active' class] }); });