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FWIW though, on my test system the 14.0 version works fine. Launches without errors and plays DVDs out of the box.Did you try this one? http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/pkg64/14.0/vlc-2.1.4-x86_64-1alien.txz
[code]doctor:$ cat /etc/vector-version647.2 STD FINAL built on Aug-03-2017vector:/~doctor:$ grep vlc /var/log/pkgtools2020-05-26 19:30:18 Installed new: vlconfig2-7.1_2-x86_64-1vl72.txz2020-05-26 22:09:13 Installed new: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72.txz2020-05-28 20:53:05 Removed: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72-upgraded-2020-05-28,20:53:022020-05-28 20:53:05 Upgraded: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72 to vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72.txz2020-05-29 23:10:27 Removed: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl722020-05-29 23:37:40 Installed new: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72.txz2020-05-30 15:18:32 Removed: vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1vl72-upgraded-2020-05-29,23:39:02vector:/~doctor:$ ls -al /usr/lib64/libidn.so*lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 26 15:26 /usr/lib64/libidn.so -> libidn.so.11.6.8*lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 26 15:26 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11 -> libidn.so.11.6.8*-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 206664 May 26 2014 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.6.8*
cd ~/Downloads
su<enter root password>
installpkg vlc-2.1.4-x86_64-1alien.txz