+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_Version ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc compile time
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc compile time
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_CompileTime ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the username of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the username of the libvlc builder
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_CompileBy ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the host of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the host of the libvlc builder
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_CompileHost ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the domain name of the host of the libvlc builder
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the domain name of the host of the libvlc builder
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_CompileDomain ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc compiler version
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc compiler version
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_Compiler ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve libvlc changeset
+ *
+ * \return a string containing the libvlc subversion changeset
+ */
+VLC_PUBLIC_API char const * VLC_Changeset ( void );