video thumbnails not working AGAIN

>j-just install ffmpegthumbnailer
did that, it worked for a few months, now suddenly thumbnails don't work
uninstalled and reinstalled, no difference

>c-clear the thumbnail cache
did that, and restarted, same shit

>s-search online
yes, and found others with the same problem waiting for a response with 0 solutions

every few months something else breaks silently in this fucking rinky dink POS OS