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For playback performance issues and general media playback problems, capturing and reporting a Firefox Performance Profile can help Mozilla developers diagnose the issue. Please visit the [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/performance/reporting_a_performance_problem.html Firefox Profiler Getting Started Guide] to learn how to record a profile. Note, before recording, please select the 'Media' setting in the profiler toolbar dropdown menu. Once you have a profile recorded of the media playback issue, you can post the resulting profile url to your Bugzilla report for analysis.  
For playback performance issues and general media playback problems, capturing and reporting a Firefox Performance Profile can help Mozilla developers diagnose the issue. Please visit the [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/performance/reporting_a_performance_problem.html Firefox Profiler Getting Started Guide] to learn how to record a profile. Note, before recording, please select the 'Media' setting in the profiler toolbar dropdown menu. Once you have a profile recorded of the media playback issue, you can post the resulting profile url to your Bugzilla report for analysis.  


Profiler Quick Start:
Profiler Quick Start:<br />
1) Visit https://profiler.firefox.com/ and enable the Profiler toolbar button
1) Visit https://profiler.firefox.com/ and enable the Profiler toolbar button<br />
2) Click the toolbar button down arrow and select 'Media' in the Settings drop down.
2) Click the toolbar button down arrow and select 'Media' in the Settings drop down.<br />
3) Open a tab and visit the page with the affected media content
3) Open a tab and visit the page with the affected media content.<br />
4) Click the Profiler toolbar main button to start recording.
4) Click the Profiler toolbar main button to start recording.<br />
5) Play the media until the issue you are seeing manifests.
5) Play the media until the issue you are seeing manifests.<br />
6) Click the Profiler toolbar button again to stop recording.
6) Click the Profiler toolbar button again to stop recording.<br />
7) When a new Profile tab opens, click the upload profile button on the upper right
7) When a new Profile tab opens, click the upload profile button on the upper right.<br />
8) Copy the resulting profile URL and post this to your Bugzilla report.
8) Copy the resulting profile URL and post this to your Bugzilla report.<br />


=== Advanced Diagnosis ===
=== Advanced Diagnosis ===
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