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.

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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-DA or Documents\ABS-DA, put the .exe in it and start it from there. The app keeps its settings, login and offline downloads in an abs-da-data folder 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.