diff --git a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavaudiooutput.cpp b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavaudiooutput.cpp
index d2c3726f..1bff3e8b 100644
--- a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavaudiooutput.cpp
+++ b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavaudiooutput.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class QAVAudioOutputPrivate : public QIODevice
     bool isSequential() const override { return true; }
     bool atEnd() const override { return false; }
 
-    void init(const QAudioFormat &fmt, int bsize)
+    void tryInit(const QAudioFormat &fmt, int bsize, qreal v)
     {
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
         auto audioDevice = QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultOutputDevice();
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class QAVAudioOutputPrivate : public QIODevice
 
             if (bsize > 0)
                 audioOutput->setBufferSize(bsize);
+            audioOutput->setVolume(v);
             audioOutput->start(this);
         }
     }
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ class QAVAudioOutputPrivate : public QIODevice
             auto bsize = bufferSize;
             locker.unlock();
             if (fmt.isValid())
-                init(fmt, bsize);
+                tryInit(fmt, bsize, v);
             if (audioOutput)
                 audioOutput->setVolume(v);
             QCoreApplication::processEvents();
diff --git a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer.cpp b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer.cpp
index dd41be85..9afac8c8 100644
--- a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer.cpp
+++ b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer.cpp
@@ -831,6 +831,25 @@ void QAVDemuxer::onFrameSent(const QAVStreamFrame &frame)
         d->progress[index].onFrameSent(frame.pts());
 }
 
+bool QAVDemuxer::isStreamMaster(const QAVStream &stream) const
+{
+    auto s = stream.stream();
+    switch (s->codecpar->codec_type) {
+        case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO:
+            return s->disposition != AV_DISPOSITION_ATTACHED_PIC;
+        case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:
+            // Check if there are any video streams available
+            for (const auto &vs: currentVideoStreams()) {
+                if (vs.stream()->disposition != AV_DISPOSITION_ATTACHED_PIC)
+                    return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        default:
+            Q_ASSERT(false);
+            return false;
+    }
+}
+
 QAVStream::Progress QAVDemuxer::progress(const QAVStream &s) const
 {
     Q_D(const QAVDemuxer);
diff --git a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer_p.h b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer_p.h
index c2a9cf08..671237c8 100644
--- a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer_p.h
+++ b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavdemuxer_p.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class QAVDemuxer
     void onFrameSent(const QAVStreamFrame &frame);
     QAVStream::Progress progress(const QAVStream &s) const;
 
+    bool isStreamMaster(const QAVStream &stream) const;
+
     static QStringList supportedFormats();
     static QStringList supportedVideoCodecs();
     static QStringList supportedProtocols();
diff --git a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavplayer.cpp b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavplayer.cpp
index d25cf391..8c877013 100644
--- a/src/QtAVPlayer/qavplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/QtAVPlayer/qavplayer.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class QAVPlayerPrivate
         const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<QAVFilter>> &filters,
         QList<QAVFrame> &filteredFrames);
 
-    void doPlayStep(
-        bool master,
+    bool doPlayStep(
+        bool &master,
         double refPts,
         QAVQueueClock &clock,
         QAVPacketQueue<QAVFrame> &queue,
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ void QAVPlayerPrivate::setVideoFrameRate(double v)
 void QAVPlayerPrivate::setPts(double v)
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(&positionMutex);
-    currPts = v;
+    if (!isnan(v))
+        currPts = v;
 }
 
 double QAVPlayerPrivate::pts() const
@@ -688,8 +689,8 @@ bool QAVPlayerPrivate::skipFrame(
     return result;
 }
 
-void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayStep(
-    bool master,
+bool QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayStep(
+    bool &master,
     double refPts,
     QAVQueueClock &clock,
     QAVPacketQueue<QAVFrame> &queue,
@@ -704,6 +705,10 @@ void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayStep(
     bool flushEvents = false;
     int ret = 0;
 
+    // Determine if current thread is handling events and pts
+    if (decodedFrame)
+        master = demuxer.isStreamMaster(decodedFrame.stream());
+
     // 2. Filter decoded frame
     QList<QAVFrame> filteredFrames;
     if (decodedFrame)
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayStep(
         filteredFrames.clear();
         if (ret != AVERROR(ENOTSUP)) {
             setError(QAVPlayer::FilterError, err_str(ret));
-            return;
+            return master;
         }
         applyFilters(true, decodedFrame);
     } else {
@@ -750,12 +755,13 @@ void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayStep(
 
     if (master)
         step(flushEvents);
+    return master;
 }
 
 void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayVideo()
 {
     videoClock.setFrameRate(demuxer.videoFrameRate());
-    const bool master = true;
+    bool master = true;
     bool sync = true;
 
     while (!quit) {
@@ -777,7 +783,7 @@ void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayVideo()
 
 void QAVPlayerPrivate::doPlayAudio()
 {
-    const bool master = demuxer.currentVideoStreams().isEmpty();
+    bool master = false;
     const double ref = -1;
     bool sync = true;
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/integration/qavplayer/tst_qavplayer.cpp b/tests/auto/integration/qavplayer/tst_qavplayer.cpp
index 19fa376b..74c9f415 100644
--- a/tests/auto/integration/qavplayer/tst_qavplayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/integration/qavplayer/tst_qavplayer.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ private slots:
     void stopAudio();
     void seekAudio();
     void speedAudio();
+    void audioPositionWithCover();
     void playVideo();
     void pauseVideo();
     void seekVideo();
@@ -434,6 +435,23 @@ void tst_QAVPlayer::speedAudio()
     QTRY_COMPARE(p.mediaStatus(), QAVPlayer::EndOfMedia);
 }
 
+void tst_QAVPlayer::audioPositionWithCover()
+{
+    QAVPlayer p;
+    qint64 pos = 0;
+    QAVAudioFrame audioFrame;
+    QObject::connect(&p, &QAVPlayer::audioFrame, &p, [&](const QAVAudioFrame &f) { pos = p.position(); audioFrame = f; });
+
+    QFileInfo file(testData("test.mp3"));
+    p.setSource(file.absoluteFilePath());
+    QTRY_COMPARE(p.mediaStatus(), QAVPlayer::LoadedMedia);
+    p.play();
+    p.setSynced(false);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(p.mediaStatus(), QAVPlayer::EndOfMedia);
+    QVERIFY(audioFrame);
+    QVERIFY(pos > 0);
+}
+
 void tst_QAVPlayer::playVideo()
 {
     QAVPlayer p;
@@ -1886,9 +1904,9 @@ void tst_QAVPlayer::multiPlayers()
     int framesCount2 = 0;
     qint64 pos1 = 0;
     qint64 pos2 = 0;
-    QObject::connect(&p1, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, &p1, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &f) { ++framesCount1; pos1 = p1.position(); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
+    QObject::connect(&p1, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, &p1, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &) { ++framesCount1; pos1 = p1.position(); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
     QObject::connect(&p1, &QAVPlayer::audioFrame, &p1, [&](const QAVAudioFrame &f) { o1.play(f); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
-    QObject::connect(&p2, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, &p2, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &f) { ++framesCount2; pos2 = p2.position(); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
+    QObject::connect(&p2, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, &p2, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &) { ++framesCount2; pos2 = p2.position(); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
     QObject::connect(&p2, &QAVPlayer::audioFrame, &p2, [&](const QAVAudioFrame &f) { o2.play(f); }, Qt::DirectConnection);
     p1.play();
     p2.play();
diff --git a/tests/auto/integration/testdata/test.mp3 b/tests/auto/integration/testdata/test.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da9f1d90
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