diff --git a/client/components/covers/AuthorImage.vue b/client/components/covers/AuthorImage.vue
index 01926363..e320e552 100644
--- a/client/components/covers/AuthorImage.vue
+++ b/client/components/covers/AuthorImage.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default {
     },
     imgSrc() {
       if (!this.imagePath) return null
-      return `${this.$config.routerBasePath}/api/authors/${this.authorId}/image?token=${this.userToken}&ts=${this.updatedAt}`
+      return `${this.$config.routerBasePath}/api/authors/${this.authorId}/image?ts=${this.updatedAt}`
     }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/client/players/LocalAudioPlayer.js b/client/players/LocalAudioPlayer.js
index eb1484bb..7fc17e7a 100644
--- a/client/players/LocalAudioPlayer.js
+++ b/client/players/LocalAudioPlayer.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
           timeoutRetry: {
             maxNumRetry: 4,
             retryDelayMs: 0,
-            maxRetryDelayMs: 0,
+            maxRetryDelayMs: 0
           },
           errorRetry: {
             maxNumRetry: 8,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
               }
               return retry
             }
-          },
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
 
   setDirectPlay() {
     // Set initial track and track time offset
-    var trackIndex = this.audioTracks.findIndex(t => this.startTime >= t.startOffset && this.startTime < (t.startOffset + t.duration))
+    var trackIndex = this.audioTracks.findIndex((t) => this.startTime >= t.startOffset && this.startTime < t.startOffset + t.duration)
     this.currentTrackIndex = trackIndex >= 0 ? trackIndex : 0
 
     this.loadCurrentTrack()
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
       // Seeking Direct play
       if (time < this.currentTrack.startOffset || time > this.currentTrack.startOffset + this.currentTrack.duration) {
         // Change Track
-        var trackIndex = this.audioTracks.findIndex(t => time >= t.startOffset && time < (t.startOffset + t.duration))
+        var trackIndex = this.audioTracks.findIndex((t) => time >= t.startOffset && time < t.startOffset + t.duration)
         if (trackIndex >= 0) {
           this.startTime = time
           this.currentTrackIndex = trackIndex
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
     this.player.volume = volume
   }
 
-
   // Utils
   isValidDuration(duration) {
     if (duration && !isNaN(duration) && duration !== Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY && duration !== Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) {
@@ -338,4 +337,4 @@ export default class LocalAudioPlayer extends EventEmitter {
     var last = bufferedRanges[bufferedRanges.length - 1]
     return last.end
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/client/plugins/constants.js b/client/plugins/constants.js
index d89fbbbd..90c40b8c 100644
--- a/client/plugins/constants.js
+++ b/client/plugins/constants.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const SupportedFileTypes = {
   image: ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp'],
-  audio: ['m4b', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'flac', 'opus', 'ogg', 'oga', 'mp4', 'aac', 'wma', 'aiff', 'wav', 'webm', 'webma', 'mka', 'awb', 'caf'],
+  audio: ['m4b', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'flac', 'opus', 'ogg', 'oga', 'mp4', 'aac', 'wma', 'aiff', 'wav', 'webm', 'webma', 'mka', 'awb', 'caf', 'mpeg', 'mpg'],
   ebook: ['epub', 'pdf', 'mobi', 'azw3', 'cbr', 'cbz'],
   info: ['nfo'],
   text: ['txt'],
@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ const Hotkeys = {
   }
 }
 
-export {
-  Constants
-}
+export { Constants }
 export default ({ app }, inject) => {
   inject('constants', Constants)
   inject('keynames', KeyNames)
   inject('hotkeys', Hotkeys)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/client/store/globals.js b/client/store/globals.js
index c0e7d788..65878fb4 100644
--- a/client/store/globals.js
+++ b/client/store/globals.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const getters = {
       const userToken = rootGetters['user/getToken']
       const lastUpdate = libraryItem.updatedAt || Date.now()
       const libraryItemId = libraryItem.libraryItemId || libraryItem.id // Workaround for /users/:id page showing media progress covers
-      return `${rootState.routerBasePath}/api/items/${libraryItemId}/cover?token=${userToken}&ts=${lastUpdate}${raw ? '&raw=1' : ''}`
+      return `${rootState.routerBasePath}/api/items/${libraryItemId}/cover?ts=${lastUpdate}${raw ? '&raw=1' : ''}`
     },
   getLibraryItemCoverSrcById:
     (state, getters, rootState, rootGetters) =>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export const getters = {
       const placeholder = `${rootState.routerBasePath}/book_placeholder.jpg`
       if (!libraryItemId) return placeholder
       const userToken = rootGetters['user/getToken']
-      return `${rootState.routerBasePath}/api/items/${libraryItemId}/cover?token=${userToken}${raw ? '&raw=1' : ''}${timestamp ? `&ts=${timestamp}` : ''}`
+      return `${rootState.routerBasePath}/api/items/${libraryItemId}/cover?${raw ? '&raw=1' : ''}${timestamp ? `&ts=${timestamp}` : ''}`
     },
   getIsBatchSelectingMediaItems: (state) => {
     return state.selectedMediaItems.length
diff --git a/server/Auth.js b/server/Auth.js
index 60af2a1e..5b2d8bcd 100644
--- a/server/Auth.js
+++ b/server/Auth.js
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ class Auth {
   constructor() {
     // Map of openId sessions indexed by oauth2 state-variable
     this.openIdAuthSession = new Map()
+    this.ignorePatterns = [/\/api\/items\/[^/]+\/cover/, /\/api\/authors\/[^/]+\/image/]
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if the request should not be authenticated.
+   * @param {Request} req
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   * @private
+   */
+  authNotNeeded(req) {
+    return req.method === 'GET' && this.ignorePatterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(req.originalUrl))
+  }
+
+  ifAuthNeeded(middleware) {
+    return (req, res, next) => {
+      if (this.authNotNeeded(req)) {
+        return next()
+      }
+      middleware(req, res, next)
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/server/Server.js b/server/Server.js
index d8265237..58a2079e 100644
--- a/server/Server.js
+++ b/server/Server.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class Server {
     // init passport.js
     app.use(passport.initialize())
     // register passport in express-session
-    app.use(passport.session())
+    app.use(this.auth.ifAuthNeeded(passport.session()))
     // config passport.js
     await this.auth.initPassportJs()
 
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ class Server {
     router.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: '5mb' }))
     router.use(express.json({ limit: '5mb' }))
 
+    router.use('/api', this.auth.ifAuthNeeded(this.authMiddleware.bind(this)), this.apiRouter.router)
+    router.use('/hls', this.authMiddleware.bind(this), this.hlsRouter.router)
+    router.use('/public', this.publicRouter.router)
+
     // Static path to generated nuxt
     const distPath = Path.join(global.appRoot, '/client/dist')
     router.use(express.static(distPath))
@@ -275,10 +279,6 @@ class Server {
     // Static folder
     router.use(express.static(Path.join(global.appRoot, 'static')))
 
-    router.use('/api', this.authMiddleware.bind(this), this.apiRouter.router)
-    router.use('/hls', this.authMiddleware.bind(this), this.hlsRouter.router)
-    router.use('/public', this.publicRouter.router)
-
     // RSS Feed temp route
     router.get('/feed/:slug', (req, res) => {
       Logger.info(`[Server] Requesting rss feed ${req.params.slug}`)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class Server {
     await this.auth.initAuthRoutes(router)
 
     // Client dynamic routes
-    const dyanimicRoutes = [
+    const dynamicRoutes = [
       '/item/:id',
       '/author/:id',
       '/audiobook/:id/chapters',
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class Server {
       '/playlist/:id',
       '/share/:slug'
     ]
-    dyanimicRoutes.forEach((route) => router.get(route, (req, res) => res.sendFile(Path.join(distPath, 'index.html'))))
+    dynamicRoutes.forEach((route) => router.get(route, (req, res) => res.sendFile(Path.join(distPath, 'index.html'))))
 
     router.post('/init', (req, res) => {
       if (Database.hasRootUser) {
diff --git a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
index 54a64185..45bbdf84 100644
--- a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
@@ -381,16 +381,23 @@ class AuthorController {
    */
   async getImage(req, res) {
     const {
-      query: { width, height, format, raw },
-      author
+      query: { width, height, format, raw }
     } = req
 
-    if (!author.imagePath || !(await fs.pathExists(author.imagePath))) {
-      Logger.warn(`[AuthorController] Author "${author.name}" has invalid imagePath: ${author.imagePath}`)
-      return res.sendStatus(404)
-    }
+    const authorId = req.params.id
 
     if (raw) {
+      const author = await Database.authorModel.findByPk(authorId)
+      if (!author) {
+        Logger.warn(`[AuthorController] Author "${authorId}" not found`)
+        return res.sendStatus(404)
+      }
+
+      if (!author.imagePath || !(await fs.pathExists(author.imagePath))) {
+        Logger.warn(`[AuthorController] Author "${author.name}" has invalid imagePath: ${author.imagePath}`)
+        return res.sendStatus(404)
+      }
+
       return res.sendFile(author.imagePath)
     }
 
@@ -399,7 +406,7 @@ class AuthorController {
       height: height ? parseInt(height) : null,
       width: width ? parseInt(width) : null
     }
-    return CacheManager.handleAuthorCache(res, author, options)
+    return CacheManager.handleAuthorCache(res, authorId, options)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index a51a6e06..64069ac5 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -342,44 +342,25 @@ class LibraryItemController {
       query: { width, height, format, raw }
     } = req
 
-    const libraryItem = await Database.libraryItemModel.findByPk(req.params.id, {
-      attributes: ['id', 'mediaType', 'mediaId', 'libraryId'],
-      include: [
-        {
-          model: Database.bookModel,
-          attributes: ['id', 'coverPath', 'tags', 'explicit']
-        },
-        {
-          model: Database.podcastModel,
-          attributes: ['id', 'coverPath', 'tags', 'explicit']
-        }
-      ]
-    })
-    if (!libraryItem) {
-      Logger.warn(`[LibraryItemController] getCover: Library item "${req.params.id}" does not exist`)
-      return res.sendStatus(404)
-    }
-
-    // Check if user can access this library item
-    if (!req.user.checkCanAccessLibraryItem(libraryItem)) {
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
-
-    // Check if library item media has a cover path
-    if (!libraryItem.media.coverPath || !(await fs.pathExists(libraryItem.media.coverPath))) {
-      return res.sendStatus(404)
-    }
-
     if (req.query.ts) res.set('Cache-Control', 'private, max-age=86400')
 
+    const libraryItemId = req.params.id
+    if (!libraryItemId) {
+      return res.sendStatus(400)
+    }
+
     if (raw) {
+      const coverPath = await Database.libraryItemModel.getCoverPath(libraryItemId)
+      if (!coverPath || !(await fs.pathExists(coverPath))) {
+        return res.sendStatus(404)
+      }
       // any value
       if (global.XAccel) {
-        const encodedURI = encodeUriPath(global.XAccel + libraryItem.media.coverPath)
+        const encodedURI = encodeUriPath(global.XAccel + coverPath)
         Logger.debug(`Use X-Accel to serve static file ${encodedURI}`)
         return res.status(204).header({ 'X-Accel-Redirect': encodedURI }).send()
       }
-      return res.sendFile(libraryItem.media.coverPath)
+      return res.sendFile(coverPath)
     }
 
     const options = {
@@ -387,7 +368,7 @@ class LibraryItemController {
       height: height ? parseInt(height) : null,
       width: width ? parseInt(width) : null
     }
-    return CacheManager.handleCoverCache(res, libraryItem.id, libraryItem.media.coverPath, options)
+    return CacheManager.handleCoverCache(res, libraryItemId, options)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/server/managers/CacheManager.js b/server/managers/CacheManager.js
index b4d2f270..f0375691 100644
--- a/server/managers/CacheManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/CacheManager.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const stream = require('stream')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const { resizeImage } = require('../utils/ffmpegHelpers')
 const { encodeUriPath } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
+const Database = require('../Database')
 
 class CacheManager {
   constructor() {
@@ -29,24 +30,24 @@ class CacheManager {
     await fs.ensureDir(this.ItemCachePath)
   }
 
-  async handleCoverCache(res, libraryItemId, coverPath, options = {}) {
+  async handleCoverCache(res, libraryItemId, options = {}) {
     const format = options.format || 'webp'
     const width = options.width || 400
     const height = options.height || null
 
     res.type(`image/${format}`)
 
-    const path = Path.join(this.CoverCachePath, `${libraryItemId}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
+    const cachePath = Path.join(this.CoverCachePath, `${libraryItemId}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
 
     // Cache exists
-    if (await fs.pathExists(path)) {
+    if (await fs.pathExists(cachePath)) {
       if (global.XAccel) {
-        const encodedURI = encodeUriPath(global.XAccel + path)
+        const encodedURI = encodeUriPath(global.XAccel + cachePath)
         Logger.debug(`Use X-Accel to serve static file ${encodedURI}`)
         return res.status(204).header({ 'X-Accel-Redirect': encodedURI }).send()
       }
 
-      const r = fs.createReadStream(path)
+      const r = fs.createReadStream(cachePath)
       const ps = new stream.PassThrough()
       stream.pipeline(r, ps, (err) => {
         if (err) {
@@ -57,7 +58,13 @@ class CacheManager {
       return ps.pipe(res)
     }
 
-    const writtenFile = await resizeImage(coverPath, path, width, height)
+    // Cached cover does not exist, generate it
+    const coverPath = await Database.libraryItemModel.getCoverPath(libraryItemId)
+    if (!coverPath || !(await fs.pathExists(coverPath))) {
+      return res.sendStatus(404)
+    }
+
+    const writtenFile = await resizeImage(coverPath, cachePath, width, height)
     if (!writtenFile) return res.sendStatus(500)
 
     if (global.XAccel) {
@@ -127,22 +134,22 @@ class CacheManager {
   /**
    *
    * @param {import('express').Response} res
-   * @param {import('../models/Author')} author
+   * @param {String} authorId
    * @param {{ format?: string, width?: number, height?: number }} options
    * @returns
    */
-  async handleAuthorCache(res, author, options = {}) {
+  async handleAuthorCache(res, authorId, options = {}) {
     const format = options.format || 'webp'
     const width = options.width || 400
     const height = options.height || null
 
     res.type(`image/${format}`)
 
-    var path = Path.join(this.ImageCachePath, `${author.id}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
+    var cachePath = Path.join(this.ImageCachePath, `${authorId}_${width}${height ? `x${height}` : ''}`) + '.' + format
 
     // Cache exists
-    if (await fs.pathExists(path)) {
-      const r = fs.createReadStream(path)
+    if (await fs.pathExists(cachePath)) {
+      const r = fs.createReadStream(cachePath)
       const ps = new stream.PassThrough()
       stream.pipeline(r, ps, (err) => {
         if (err) {
@@ -153,7 +160,12 @@ class CacheManager {
       return ps.pipe(res)
     }
 
-    let writtenFile = await resizeImage(author.imagePath, path, width, height)
+    const author = await Database.authorModel.findByPk(authorId)
+    if (!author || !author.imagePath || !(await fs.pathExists(author.imagePath))) {
+      return res.sendStatus(404)
+    }
+
+    let writtenFile = await resizeImage(author.imagePath, cachePath, width, height)
     if (!writtenFile) return res.sendStatus(500)
 
     var readStream = fs.createReadStream(writtenFile)
diff --git a/server/models/LibraryItem.js b/server/models/LibraryItem.js
index dd07747a..17c3b125 100644
--- a/server/models/LibraryItem.js
+++ b/server/models/LibraryItem.js
@@ -863,6 +863,33 @@ class LibraryItem extends Model {
     return this.getOldLibraryItem(libraryItem)
   }
 
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param {string} libraryItemId
+   * @returns {Promise<string>}
+   */
+  static async getCoverPath(libraryItemId) {
+    const libraryItem = await this.findByPk(libraryItemId, {
+      attributes: ['id', 'mediaType', 'mediaId', 'libraryId'],
+      include: [
+        {
+          model: this.sequelize.models.book,
+          attributes: ['id', 'coverPath']
+        },
+        {
+          model: this.sequelize.models.podcast,
+          attributes: ['id', 'coverPath']
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+    if (!libraryItem) {
+      Logger.warn(`[LibraryItem] getCoverPath: Library item "${libraryItemId}" does not exist`)
+      return null
+    }
+
+    return libraryItem.media.coverPath
+  }
+
   /**
    *
    * @param {import('sequelize').FindOptions} options
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index f81bc26d..c9399d79 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.patch('/authors/:id', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.update.bind(this))
     this.router.delete('/authors/:id', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.delete.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/authors/:id/match', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.match.bind(this))
-    this.router.get('/authors/:id/image', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.getImage.bind(this))
+    this.router.get('/authors/:id/image', AuthorController.getImage.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/authors/:id/image', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.uploadImage.bind(this))
     this.router.delete('/authors/:id/image', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.deleteImage.bind(this))
 
diff --git a/server/utils/constants.js b/server/utils/constants.js
index cbfe65f2..dd52e2e1 100644
--- a/server/utils/constants.js
+++ b/server/utils/constants.js
@@ -49,5 +49,7 @@ module.exports.AudioMimeType = {
   WEBMA: 'audio/webm',
   MKA: 'audio/x-matroska',
   AWB: 'audio/amr-wb',
-  CAF: 'audio/x-caf'
+  CAF: 'audio/x-caf',
+  MPEG: 'audio/mpeg',
+  MPG: 'audio/mpeg'
 }
diff --git a/server/utils/globals.js b/server/utils/globals.js
index 877cf07a..5a5bd951 100644
--- a/server/utils/globals.js
+++ b/server/utils/globals.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const globals = {
   SupportedImageTypes: ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp'],
-  SupportedAudioTypes: ['m4b', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'flac', 'opus', 'ogg', 'oga', 'mp4', 'aac', 'wma', 'aiff', 'wav', 'webm', 'webma', 'mka', 'awb', 'caf'],
+  SupportedAudioTypes: ['m4b', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'flac', 'opus', 'ogg', 'oga', 'mp4', 'aac', 'wma', 'aiff', 'wav', 'webm', 'webma', 'mka', 'awb', 'caf', 'mpg', 'mpeg'],
   SupportedEbookTypes: ['epub', 'pdf', 'mobi', 'azw3', 'cbr', 'cbz'],
   TextFileTypes: ['txt', 'nfo'],
   MetadataFileTypes: ['opf', 'abs', 'xml', 'json']
diff --git a/server/utils/parsers/parseNameString.js b/server/utils/parsers/parseNameString.js
index 741beb09..4b16b496 100644
--- a/server/utils/parsers/parseNameString.js
+++ b/server/utils/parsers/parseNameString.js
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ module.exports.parse = (nameString) => {
   }
   if (splitNames.length) splitNames = splitNames.map((a) => a.trim())
 
+  // If names are in Chinese，Japanese and Korean languages, return as is.
+  if (/[\u4e00-\u9fff\u3040-\u30ff\u31f0-\u31ff]/.test(splitNames[0])) {
+    return {
+      names: splitNames
+    }
+  }
+
   var names = []
 
   // 1 name FIRST LAST