> I assume you are recording WAV files.
> WAV files are a particular type of RIFF file. The chunks these files are
> composed of, have a size field in its header. This field is 32 bits, so,
> the limit is 4 Gbs. BUT most implementations i've seen, use SIGNED 32
> bit integers to manage this field, thus, giving the 2 Gb limitation.
That is an odd limitation to wav files, but I don't think that it is
stopping arecord from merrily exceeding this size. As far as I know,
there is a 2Gig limit to the size of any single file with Linux, and
thus it would be a failed write() that is halting the recording.
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