As far as I know, VLC 3 won't even build on Qt 4.
There are also a couple steps missing from HOAS's recipe (don't hang your stick head in shame, I mess up a lot, too):
After running
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apt-get source vlc
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apt-get build-dep vlc
Also, if you rebuild with changes but keep the same version number, odds are that apt will nag you to update to the exact same version in the apt repository. A one-line command you can run before the build command to increment the changelog is
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dch --local +myversion --distribution stretch "What changes I made"
You can replace "myversion" with whatever you like, and optionally replace the text string in quotes with your changes and why you made them.