Unfortunately, yes, I seem to need the bitstream filter. If I don't use it, I get ...
Code:
[mpegts @ 0x985cde0] h264 bitstream malformated, no startcode found, use -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Operation not permitted
And I get dumped back out to command prompt.
All these errors seem to me to center around malformed or missing PCR or ffmpeg's mpegts muxer is broken. Actually, in looking about the Internet, it would seem there's something odd about mpegts and h264 that ffmpeg doesn't handle well. I'm not about to give up yet, but I do need some more ideas on what I could try to do to fix this.