Video clips - delayed start and dark in linear. 2017LTS

Hi,
Trying to use video clip to play prerendered video in game. Problem is that at the start it is delayed ( takes several seconds to start when I call it to play ) and it is really dark ( most likely because of linear).
Seems like both problems are well known based on issue tracker.

Problem with linear seems to pop up in various unity versions ( https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/regression-videos-are-dark-when-using-linear-color-space )

and for delay I will probably need 3rd party asset?

Anyone had this and managed to solve it? Is there some video player asset that solve both problems?

Thanks for any tips.