VLC 0.9.4 Transcoding file size limit

[visiedo]

Hi,
I am using VLC 0.9.4 on Ubuntu with the following command in order to transcode and stream to a file:

cvlc "$1" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,fps=25,vb=2048,acodec=mpga,ab=192,chann
els=2,audio-sync,width=720,height=576,canvas-aspect=16:9}:duplicate{dst=std{acce
ss=file,mux=ps,dst=\"$1.mpg\"}}" vlc:quit

when the destination file reaches 1.7Gb vlc stops transcoding. File sytem is EXT3 there should not be a limit coming from the OS, I assume it is vlc. sAny idea on how to override that limit?
BR
/Javier