Mpeg 2 to mpeg1 via Compressor 2

Here's the situation: Client calls, needs versions of their TV spots for a powerpoint presentation. I'm given the DVD originals and asked to provide it. I:
1) Rip the spots via Cinematize to Quicktime files with an mpeg2 video track and an integer (big endian) audio track. This plays just fine in Quicktime 7.
2) Drop the ripped .mov files onto Compressor, apply my tweaked mpeg1 .ppt compressor and submit.
Results are a file with audio, but flat black video, which changes to pure white somewhere within the clip.
I then do the same thing with Sorenson 3 output. Same results.
Then test with MPEG-4 Improved NTSC, Pixlet, and 3GPP, and the video is there.
Use MPEG1-DVD1.85Mbps and the video track is just like my mpeg1 and Sorensen settings.
So it's not just my settings.
What's going on?

An additional observation: I took a .dv file as input, applied the same Compressor mpeg1 settings that are failing me with my mpeg2 source file, and got a perfectly fine mpeg1 file out.

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