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v2.5.13
Improved
- Fresh web files after a server update: when your Audiobookshelf server's version changes, ABS-DA now empties its stored web files and reloads once, so old files can't make the updated web app misbehave. Your server, login and settings are kept. If a book is loaded in the player, it waits until the next load.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.13.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.13.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.13.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
v2.5.12
New in TV mode
- Playlists in the side menu: your playlists from every library. Open one for Play All (from the first one you haven't finished), or pick any line to start there. The rest of the playlist plays after it, as a queue.
- Bookmarks: a Bookmarks button in Now Playing, and Bookmarks (n) on a book's page when it has some.
- Pick one to play from there or remove it.
- While the book plays, Add a bookmark at … saves one where you are, named after the chapter.
Improved
- Tray controls for offline listening: the tray's Play/Pause, jumps, previous/next chapter, sleep timer and its tooltip now also work for a book playing in the offline library. The offline player's sleep timer gained 90 minutes.
Translated into all 33 languages.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.12.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.12.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.12.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
v2.5.11
Changed
- One click on the tray icon shows or hides the window. If the window is in front, a click hides it to the tray; otherwise the click brings it up. Right-click still opens the player controls and Quit.
(2.5.10: ✕ closes the app, minimize goes to the tray, new App → Minimize to tray switch.)
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.11.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.11.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.11.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
v2.5.10
Changed
- ✕ closes the app. The window's close button now quits ABS-DA for real.
- Minimize goes to the tray. The minimize button hides the window off the taskbar and keeps playing; click the tray icon to bring it back, right-click it for Play/Pause, chapters, the sleep timer and Quit.
- New switch: App → Minimize to tray (on by default). App → Keep running in tray when closed is now off by default; turn it on if you want ✕ to hide to the tray as before. Both switches are also in Settings → Desktop App and in TV mode's Settings.
Translated into all 33 languages.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.10.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.10.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.10.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
ABS-DA 2.5.9 — full check-up (about 40 fixes) and updates in TV mode
A big check-up of the whole app: about 40 fixes, plus updates in TV mode. 🔧📺
New
- Updates in TV mode: TV mode runs full screen, which hides the title bar and its Update button. Now a notice at the top and an orange ⬆ Update item in the side menu tell you a new version is out, and you install it with the controller (Install now / Later). The new version opens in TV mode again.
Fixed (after a full audit of the app)
- Safer settings: your settings are saved so that a crash or power cut in the middle of a save can’t wipe them; the copy from before is kept as a backup.
- Updates: a full disk or a stalled download no longer crashes the app or freezes the Update button. The portable version only removes the old file once the new one is in place, otherwise it starts the old one again. The app only installs updates it can verify with a checksum.
- Offline listening:
- A download that hits a full disk, a stalled connection or a network blip no longer freezes the queue: each file gets up to 3 tries, and leftovers of cut-short downloads are cleaned up.
- Your offline listening only goes back to the account that downloaded the book (no mix-ups on a shared PC or after changing server).
- Listening that the server keeps refusing no longer stays “waiting” forever, and your listening stats use your own time zone.
- A finished book starts from the beginning again, a book you’re listening to again isn’t auto-deleted, and the “End of chapter” sleep timer follows when you jump to another chapter.
- TV mode:
- Holding OK or Back on a TV remote no longer clicks through several screens, which could start a book.
- A screen that finishes loading no longer takes the highlight away from an open pop-up.
- A mood theme’s effects no longer show through TV mode or its screen saver.
- Back stays short after many rounds of Now Playing → More.
- Lists and search results never mix with old ones.
- Connecting: servers that redirect from http:// to https://, or use a certificate trusted in Windows, now connect properly.
- Also: safer handling of pop-up windows and links, saving before a restart or a Windows sign-out, a smoother mood-sound volume slider, and an up-to-date README.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.9.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.9.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.9.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
ABS-DA 2.5.7 — TV mode screen saver when nothing plays
The TV mode screen saver now also comes on when nothing is playing. 📺🌙
New
- Screen saver when nothing plays (TV mode): after 5 minutes without a press while a book is paused (or nothing is loaded), the screen goes black and dim too:
- A paused book: its card, with a ❚❚ pause mark.
- Nothing loaded: a big clock and the date.
- Like the screen saver while listening, it moves now and then so nothing burns into the TV, and the press that wakes it does nothing else.
- Set it to Off, 2, 5, 10 or 30 min with Screen saver when nothing plays, in TV mode’s ⚙ Settings, View → TV mode or Settings → Desktop App. The screen saver while listening (30 s) has its own setting, as before.
Translated into all 33 languages.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.7.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.7.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.7.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
ABS-DA 2.5.6 — TV mode screen saver and both progress bars
A screen saver for TV mode, and both progress bars on Now Playing. 📺🌙
New
- Screen saver while listening (TV mode): while a book plays, 30 seconds after your last press the screen goes black with a dim card: the cover, chapter and book progress, time left and a big clock. The card moves to a new spot every 20 seconds, so nothing burns into your TV. Any button or key wakes it, and that press only wakes it, so you don’t click something by accident. Set it to Off, 30 s, 1, 2 or 5 min in TV mode’s ⚙ Settings, View → TV mode or Settings → Desktop App.
Improved
- Now Playing shows two progress bars: the chapter (time in it and time left of it) and the whole book (time / length, % and time left).
Translated into all 33 languages.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.6.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.6.exe | Single file, no install (see the tip below) |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.6.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
📁 Portable tip: make a folder for it first, for example
C:\Tools\ABS-DAorDocuments\ABS-DA, put the.exein it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in anabs-da-datafolder next to the.exe. Then use App → Create Desktop Shortcut or pin it to the taskbar; updates keep the shortcut working. Don't run it straight from Downloads, the Desktop, or a OneDrive/Dropbox folder.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
"Windows protected your PC"? The app isn't code-signed yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
ABS-DA 2.5.5
Turn it up (or down) from the couch. 🎮🔊
New
- Volume on the right stick in TV mode: while a book is loaded, push the controller's right stick up or down to change the volume (2 % a step; hold to keep going). A small bar at the top shows the level. It uses the app's own volume control, so the slider in the player bar and the saved level follow along. The left stick still moves around as before.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.5.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.5.exe | Single file, no install |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.5.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
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ABS-DA 2.5.4
The controller stays where you are. 🎮
Fixed
- TV mode only reacts to your controller while ABS-DA is the app in front. Before, it also moved and pressed things in the background while you used another app, such as a game or a media center's menu. Buttons you're holding when you switch back count only once you let go and press again, so the button that closed the other app's menu doesn't also act in ABS-DA.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.4.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.4.exe | Single file, no install |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.4.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
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ABS-DA 2.5.3 — Home keeps up while you listen
Home now keeps up while you're on it. 📚
Improved
- Continue Listening updates live: on the TV-mode Home and the 🏠 All libraries Home, the progress bars and the time left now follow along while you listen — here or on another device (phone, tablet…). Start a different book, or finish one, and Home quietly refreshes the row (at most every 30 seconds, and never while you're moving around in TV mode). Before, Home only caught up when you opened it again.
Updating
On 2.3.0 or newer? Click the Update button in the title bar, then Install now. 🚀 (Installer → installer, portable → portable, folder → folder.)
Download
| File | For |
|---|---|
| ABS-DA-Setup-2.5.3.exe | Installer: updates older versions in place, your settings and login are kept |
| ABS-DA-Portable-2.5.3.exe | Single file, no install |
| ABS-DA-Folder-2.5.3.zip | Folder version, no install: unzip into its own folder and run ABS Desktop App.exe |
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