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title: "Add and manage custom image quality settings"
slug: "livestation-qualitysetting"
tags: ["Live Station"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:23:21Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:23:21Z
canonical: "guide.ncloud-docs.com/livestation-qualitysetting"
stale: true
---

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# Add and manage custom image quality settings

Available in Classic and VPC

Add and manage custom image quality settings describes how to add custom image quality settings, change the default HLS settings for an added custom image quality setting, and remove custom image quality settings.

## Add custom image quality settings

If a separate image quality setting is required in addition to the system image quality settings, a custom image quality setting can be added. To add an image quality setting, follow these steps:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Media** > **Live Station**.
2. Navigate to **Quality Management > Quality Setting**.
3. Click the **[Add image quality settings]** button.
4. Enter the name for the custom image quality to be created, and configure the image quality.
  - The image quality setting name can only be entered using a combination of English letters, numbers, and -.
  - Click ![i-livestation_minus](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/i-livestation_minus.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A05%3A11Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A05%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3%2FzxxK4J4DuXfN21%2BuYC8cG96M4alycuWlx9mtlzuDc%3D)/![i-livestation_plus](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/i-livestation_plus.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A05%3A11Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A05%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3%2FzxxK4J4DuXfN21%2BuYC8cG96M4alycuWlx9mtlzuDc%3D) to set the number of image qualities to configure for the custom image quality.
    - You can set a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 4.
  - Click the **[Select]** button, then in the image quality setting popup window that appears, select the image quality and click the **[OK]** button.
5. Click the **[Next]** button.
6. After specifying the detailed settings for the custom image quality, click the **[Next]** button.
  - **HLS streaming settings**: Select between **HLS** and **Low Latency HLS**.
    - If **HLS** is selected, set the **Segment Duration** and **Segment Count**.
    - If **Low Latency HLS** is selected, the **Target delay** is fixed at 3 seconds.
  - **HLS ID3 Timed Metadata settings**: Set whether to insert ID3 timed metadata in HLS TS files.
    - If insert is set, the insert frequency of timed metadata is fixed at 1 second.
7. Check the configuration, and then click the **[Add image quality settings]** button.

## Change default HLS settings

To change the HLS settings for a custom image quality, follow these steps:

              Caution

              

When changing the settings, streaming of all broadcasts using the corresponding image quality setting is stopped and then restarted. To avoid this, change the image quality settings after all broadcasts that used the corresponding image quality settings are finished.

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Media** > **Live Station**.
2. Navigate to **Quality Management > Quality Setting**.
3. Click the image quality setting of the HLS settings you want to change, then click the **[Change default HLS settings]** button.
4. After changing the settings, click the **[Edit default HLS segment settings]** button.
  - The changes to the selected image quality setting will be reflected in all channels using the setting.

## Delete custom image quality settings

To remove a custom image quality setting, follow these steps:

              Note

              

You cannot remove the quality settings that are in use on the channel. To remove an image quality setting in use, first return the channel that is using the setting (see [Return channel](/docs/en/livestation-channel#%EC%B1%84%EB%84%90%EB%B0%98%EB%82%A9)).

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Media** > **Live Station**.
2. Navigate to **Quality Management > Quality Setting**.
3. In the list of image quality settings, click to select the image quality setting you want to delete, and then click the **[Delete setting] **button.
4. In the custom image quality settings deletion popup window, click the **[Delete]** button.
  - The selected image quality setting will be removed from the list.