VLC player 2.2.4 is complaining about libavutil 55 (which is found in newer branches of ffmpeg) and would not compile.

I took the vlc slackbuild, disabled the patches in it (it wouldn't work with them), and under --enable-merge-ffmpeg I added this: --enable-libva=no \

The reason that line was added because it would not compile otherwise. Also the Slackware included ffmpeg is working great so far!

The nightly vlc builds tar.xz needs to be renamed to vlc-3.0.0-git.tar.xz for the vlc slackbuild. The version number needs to be changed to -3.0.0-git for it to configure.

Maybe these tips should have been sent to the "SBo scripts not building on current" thread.

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Well its a noob's makeshift solution and the slackbuilds are for 2.2.4 stable and not the 3.0.0 nightly build so I didn't think it belonged there. I also figured that vlc not working would be something that didn't need to be reported.

vlc-2.2.4 in 14.2 builds & compiles fine. The problem you have seen and fixed for yourself is due (at least initially) to a new version of ffmpeg which is now part of -current. If that newer version of ffmpeg is introduced at SBo (or stock SL-14.2 for that matter), then the vlc SlackBuild will be updated to suit. In the meantime, it works fine as it is for "normal" (14.2) users. Any changes like you suggest only relate to people running -current.

Sorry, I think I get why you are upset. What you said is correct. I should have mentioned current in the title. I figured people here would know what I'm talking about. My mistake. If the thread is a problem then hopefully a mod will move or remove it. I don't care either way.

FYI, an alternative to avoid this while trying building vlc from the master branch is to version-bump libva and libva-intel-driver to 1.7.3.

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Thanks, I'll try that! I thought/assuming it had something to do with the latest ffmpeg release because the compile error mentioned a line in libavcodec's vaapi. I tried vlc with the slackware ffmpeg and the 3.2.4 ffmpeg source and got the same error. So far its played everything I've thrown at it. I want to get nvidia vdpau working with it. OpenGL GLX works good though.

Thanks again ponce! That was it! Now I know what I want in current