[kljuka]

Wow... how didn't I notice that. It really does work now. From UI's perspective it would be even better if one could still skip forward/back, change volume and brightness while still having screen rotation locked, but hey - we can't have it all :).

Thanks VLC team for all the dedication and good work. You're the best.

[jbk]

Actually, you can. There is an option for that.

[etix]

We do? Such wow.

[mmastrac]

I think you can still do all that stuff by dragging your finger on the screen with rotation locked? Left/right sides are volume/brightness, bottom is seek.

EDIT: This only works if you change the preference to set playback orientation to "landscape", not if you lock orientation.