diff --git a/aegisub/libffms/include/ffmscompat.h b/aegisub/libffms/include/ffmscompat.h
index f85532e52..ba3c2625f 100644
--- a/aegisub/libffms/include/ffmscompat.h
+++ b/aegisub/libffms/include/ffmscompat.h
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
 #	endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT
+#	if (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT) >= (AV_VERSION_INT(52,29,0))
+#		define FFMS_HAVE_FFMPEG_COLORSPACE_INFO
+#	else
+#		ifdef _MSC_VER
+#			pragma message("WARNING: Your FFmpeg is too old to support reporting colorspace and luma range information. The corresponding fields of FFMS_VideoProperties will be set to 0. Please update FFmpeg to get rid of this warning.")
+#		else
+#			warning "Your FFmpeg is too old to support reporting colorspace and luma range information. The corresponding fields of FFMS_VideoProperties will be set to 0. Please update FFmpeg to get rid of this warning."
+#		endif
+#	endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY
 #	define AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY PKT_FLAG_KEY
 #endif
diff --git a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/haalivideo.cpp b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/haalivideo.cpp
index a63e8ada8..375ef2eb8 100644
--- a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/haalivideo.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/haalivideo.cpp
@@ -133,8 +133,13 @@ FFHaaliVideo::FFHaaliVideo(const char *SourceFile, int Track,
 	VP.RFFNumerator = CodecContext->time_base.den;
 	VP.NumFrames = Frames.size();
 	VP.TopFieldFirst = DecodeFrame->top_field_first;
+#ifdef FFMS_HAVE_FFMPEG_COLORSPACE_INFO
 	VP.ColorSpace = CodecContext->colorspace;
 	VP.ColorRange = CodecContext->color_range;
+#else
+	VP.ColorSpace = 0;
+	VP.ColorRange = 0;
+#endif
 	VP.FirstTime = ((Frames.front().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 	VP.LastTime = ((Frames.back().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 
diff --git a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/lavfvideo.cpp b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/lavfvideo.cpp
index b1f1cb693..2c78a93ab 100644
--- a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/lavfvideo.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/lavfvideo.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,13 @@ FFLAVFVideo::FFLAVFVideo(const char *SourceFile, int Track, FFMS_Index *Index,
 	VP.RFFNumerator = CodecContext->time_base.den;
 	VP.NumFrames = Frames.size();
 	VP.TopFieldFirst = DecodeFrame->top_field_first;
-//	VP.ColorSpace = CodecContext->colorspace;
-//	VP.ColorRange = CodecContext->color_range;
+#ifdef FFMS_HAVE_FFMPEG_COLORSPACE_INFO
+	VP.ColorSpace = CodecContext->colorspace;
+	VP.ColorRange = CodecContext->color_range;
+#else
+	VP.ColorSpace = 0;
+	VP.ColorRange = 0;
+#endif
 	VP.FirstTime = ((Frames.front().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 	VP.LastTime = ((Frames.back().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 
diff --git a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/matroskavideo.cpp b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/matroskavideo.cpp
index fd8e5f6a5..56df418af 100644
--- a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/matroskavideo.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/matroskavideo.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,13 @@ FFMatroskaVideo::FFMatroskaVideo(const char *SourceFile, int Track,
 	VP.RFFNumerator = CodecContext->time_base.den;
 	VP.NumFrames = Frames.size();
 	VP.TopFieldFirst = DecodeFrame->top_field_first;
-//	VP.ColorSpace = CodecContext->colorspace;
-//	VP.ColorRange = CodecContext->color_range;
+#ifdef FFMS_HAVE_FFMPEG_COLORSPACE_INFO
+	VP.ColorSpace = CodecContext->colorspace;
+	VP.ColorRange = CodecContext->color_range;
+#else
+	VP.ColorSpace = 0;
+	VP.ColorRange = 0;
+#endif
 	VP.FirstTime = ((Frames.front().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 	VP.LastTime = ((Frames.back().DTS * Frames.TB.Num) / (double)Frames.TB.Den) / 1000;
 
diff --git a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/videosource.h b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/videosource.h
index 417622726..512845d99 100644
--- a/aegisub/libffms/src/core/videosource.h
+++ b/aegisub/libffms/src/core/videosource.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <libpostproc/postprocess.h>
 }
 
+// must be included after ffmpeg headers
+#include "ffmscompat.h"
+
 #include <vector>
 #include "indexing.h"
 #include "utils.h"