Unable to execute query ....MySQL server has gone away

[bplex]

wait_timeout=30

There is the problem right there. Basically, that is saying that after 30 seconds, close mySQL. That is obviously not set to 1800 like your host stated. I would sit it to 900 (15 minutes) and see if that works. If not, you can increase it further.

[cybra]

Ah I see. How would I actually change it using putty. Is it just like setting a cron command?

[cybra]

I just got a response from my host so lets see if they will do it
Now that they have been busted..:)

[cybra]

I accidentally deleted some important lines because I tried to just change the time out command but didn't realize I had to change them all at once.
Al my sites were down that hole time, and I almost had a brain spasm. But thanks for the info. Although I havent tested it yet Im sure it works.

skip-locking
character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets/
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=16M
query_cache_type=1
max_user_connections=100
max_connections=250
interactive_timeout=120
wait_timeout=1800
connect_timeout=3000
thread_cache_size=96
key_buffer=16M
join_buffer=2M
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=1024
record_buffer=2M
sort_buffer_size=1024K
read_buffer_size=1024K

[cybra]

Yep :) Even went to my remote server.

[bplex]

That's good to here. Tell your host that the next time you ask for them to do something, you now know how to go in and check to make sure that they did :)

[cybra]

Exactly.
Hey bplex I appreciate all your help with this so far and I don't expect but so much help. But now the videos I convert are not streaming and the player has no time at 00:00. The videos are converting and the time is in the descr, but when I click through to like skip forward nothing happens and the video just keeps playing. I am importing wmv files so they can be watermarked. I have tried ffmpeg and mplayer but same thing. Do you have any idea what could be the cause?