Querying the IP's of VLC nameservers works...

ns1.vlcplayer.org 213.36.253.2 ns2.vlcplayer.org 163.172.105.155

$ dig SOA videolan.org @213.36.253.2

;; ANSWER SECTION: videolan.org. 300 IN SOA ns0.videolan.org. admin.videolan.org. 2024010903 7200 3600 2419200 21600

$ dig NS videolan.org @163.172.105.155

;; ANSWER SECTION: videolan.org. 300 IN NS ns1.videolan.org. videolan.org. 300 IN NS ns2.videolan.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.videolan.org. 300 IN A 213.36.253.2 ns2.videolan.org. 300 IN A 163.172.105.155 ns1.videolan.org. 300 IN AAAA 2a01:e0d:1:3:58bf:fa02:c0de:60

It's like VLC domain expired and removed from DNS system.

$ dig A videolan.org @1.1.1.1

; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u9-Debian <<>> A videolan.org @1.1.1.1 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 33078 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;videolan.org. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION: org. 3391 IN SOA a0.org.afilias-nst.info. hostmaster.donuts.email. 1706948732 7200 900 1209600 3600

;; Query time: 5 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 03 10:38:01 EET 2024 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 123

Ouch. They better move before someone registers it in bad faith, though, presumably there is some kind of grace period.

edit: it looks as if it has been paid for now, but it still isn't resolving:

Registry Expiration: 2025-02-03 01:48:44 UTC

Updated: 2024-02-03 09:35:40 UTC

You can override the DNS using /etc/hosts

213.36.253.2 videolan.org

That will at least give you access if you need it until things are back to normal.

Expired delegation?