...reduce the file size of the MP3 a tiny bit by not trying to store empty frames.

A very tiny bit, I think. Just guessing, but you could probably store 1000 seconds of MP3-compressed silence in less space than you could store 1 second of true audio.

It all comes down to what you prefer. FWIW (exactly nothing, I'll wager) I prefer to have the gaps between the tracks. It is unsettling to me to just have the next song start up Bang with no opportunity to reflect, however briefly, on the one just finished.

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