[abcde] Bug#112674: abcde: Create empty output files at start

[Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:00:05PM +0100, dom@earth.li wrote:
> It would be nice if abcde created empty output files before it starts ripping.

I'm not convinced it's necessary.

> This would enable building playlists in advance,

Abcde already creates playlists (if requested) before doing the encoding.

> and doing for example "mpg123 *.mp3" in the destination directory, to be able
> to start listening to mp3s in advance of the encode process being complete.

Try mpg123 -@ [filename of generated playlist.m3u]. That also preserves
the original track ordering.
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