code:

_backToDoubleGridView: function () {
		if (!this._previousViewHasBeenCalled){
			this._previousViewHasBeenCalled = true;
			this._unregisterHandlers();	a
			KONtx.application.loadView('view-DoubleGrid');
			//KONtx.application.previousView();			
		}
	}

//different function
switch(event.type) {

            case 'onPlaylistEnd':

                event.preventDefault();

                 KONtx.mediaplayer.control.stop();

                this._backToDoubleGridView();

                break;

            case 'onStreamLoadError':

                this.dialogs.error.show();

                break;

            case 'onStopRemoteKeyPress':

                //event.preventDefault();

                currentAppData.set("userStopped", "true"); //Used to 
make sure we don't push them back (sidebar cancel edge case)    

                KONtx.mediaplayer.control.stop();
                //this._backToDoubleGridView();
                break;
            case 'onControlStop':

                //event.preventDefault();

                currentAppData.set("userStopped", "true"); //Used to 
make sure we don't push them back (sidebar cancel edge case)

                this._backToDoubleGridView();
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

So there's a correction here, If i choose return to video, it takes me to a blank fullscreen mediaplyer, and I actively have to choose stop again to go back to the screen before the video player started. The playlist is empty, because I hit play, nothing plays.

The goal is not have to "Return to Video" shown in the snippet, after pressing stop the first time.

Why are you cancelling the stop event? You are the Vanguard cinema widget developer, right? If so, there is the code to handle the addition/removal of the "Return to video" snippet in your event_handlers.js but the removal doesn't happen since you cancel the event when state changes to STOP and therefore the code in the event_handlers.js(method handlePlayerEvent) doesn't get called. Therefore you see the 'Return to video" snippet. This snippet should go away if the player is in STOP/UNKNOWN/ERROR/EOF states.

Thanks,
Vivek