diff --git a/BUGs b/BUGs
index d33f840..eea6205 100644
--- a/BUGs
+++ b/BUGs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### Next: 99
+### Next: 100
 BUG-97: if restart a job, we reset start time too (debatable) - 
 	prob. better making a job have anull start time rather than now() as default, then if its null set it when we run the job
 	(this would set it at actual run time not create time, and if we restart, it would leave orig start time correct)
diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index f8c5b49..745453d 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import face_recognition
 import re
 import sys
 import json
+import ffmpeg
 
 
 # global debug setting
@@ -1694,41 +1695,27 @@ def GenImageThumbnail(job, file):
 # GenVideoThumbnail(): log and then generate the thumb for a video (this grabs the width/height of a frame from the video, 
 # and then reads the first few frames until the mean() fo the frame indicates its not just black frame, then make the thumbnail
 ####################################################################################################################################
-def GenVideoThumbnail(job, file):
-    ProcessFileForJob( job, "Generate Thumbnail from Video file: {}".format( file ), file )
+def GenVideoThumbnail( job, fname):
+    ProcessFileForJob( job, f"Generate Thumbnail from Video file: {fname}", fname )
+    height = THUMBSIZE
     try:
-        vcap = cv2.VideoCapture(file)
-        res, frame = vcap.read()
-        first_res = res
-        first_frame = frame
-        frame_cnt=0
-        # if the mean pixel value is > 15, we have something worth making a sshot of (no black frame at start being the sshot)
-        # limit it to 1000 frames jic
-        while res and frame.mean() < 15 and frame_cnt < 1000:
-            res, frame = vcap.read()
-            frame_cnt += 1
-        # if we never got a frame that is not dark, then use first frame
-        if not res:
-            res = first_res
-            frame = first_frame
-            
-        w = vcap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)
-        h = vcap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)
-        if w > h:
-            factor = w / THUMBSIZE
-        else:
-            factor = h / THUMBSIZE
-        new_h = int(h / factor)
-        new_w = int(w / factor)
-        frame = cv2.resize(frame, (new_w, new_h), 0, 0, cv2.INTER_LINEAR)
-        
-        res, thumb_buf = cv2.imencode('.jpeg', frame)
-        bt = thumb_buf.tobytes()
-        thumbnail = base64.b64encode(bt)
-        thumbnail = str(thumbnail)[2:-1]
-    except Exception as e:
-        AddLogForJob( job, f"ERROR: Failed to Generate thumbnail for video file: {file} - error={e}" )
+        probe = ffmpeg.probe(fname)
+        time = float(probe['streams'][0]['duration']) // 2
+        tmp_fname='/tmp/pa_tmp_'+os.path.basename(fname.split('.')[0])+'.jpg'
+        (
+            ffmpeg
+            .input(fname, ss=time)
+            .filter('scale', -1, height)
+            .output(tmp_fname, vframes=1)
+            .overwrite_output()
+            .run(capture_stdout=True, capture_stderr=True)
+        )
+    except ffmpeg.Error as e:
+        AddLogForJob( job, f"ERROR: Failed to Generate thumbnail for video file: {fname} - error={e}" )
         return None
+
+    thumbnail, w, h = GenThumb( tmp_fname, False )
+    os.remove( tmp_fname )
     return thumbnail
 
 ####################################################################################################################################