diff --git a/MiniEngine.cpp b/MiniEngine.cpp
index 2a2cf6a..86c6ec1 100644
--- a/MiniEngine.cpp
+++ b/MiniEngine.cpp
@@ -2231,6 +2231,18 @@ namespace MiniEngine
         return _music.get();
     }
 
+    //static
+    int MusicPlayer::GetDecoderNum()
+    {
+        return Mix_GetNumMusicDecoders();
+    }
+
+    //static
+    std::string MusicPlayer::GetDecoderName(int index)
+    {
+        return std::string(Mix_GetMusicDecoder(index));
+    }
+
 	Music MusicPlayer::loadMusic(std::string Filename) throw(ErrorViewer)
 	{
 		Mix_Music* temp = Mix_LoadMUS(Filename.c_str());
@@ -2321,6 +2333,18 @@ namespace MiniEngine
         return _sound.get();
 	}
 
+    //static
+    int SoundPlayer::GetDecoderNum()
+    {
+        return Mix_GetNumChunkDecoders();
+    }
+
+    //static
+    std::string SoundPlayer::GetDecoderName(int index)
+    {
+        return std::string(Mix_GetChunkDecoder(index));
+    }
+
 	SoundPlayer::SoundPlayer(int Channels)
 	{
 		Mix_AllocateChannels(Channels);
diff --git a/MiniEngine.h b/MiniEngine.h
index 3ab9fe6..ad1083d 100644
--- a/MiniEngine.h
+++ b/MiniEngine.h
@@ -673,6 +673,9 @@ namespace MiniEngine
 	class MusicPlayer : public AudioPlayer
 	{
 	public:
+	    static int GetDecoderNum();
+		static std::string GetDecoderName(int index);
+
 		Music loadMusic(std::string Filename) throw (ErrorViewer);
 
 		int play(Music music, int loops);
@@ -709,6 +712,9 @@ namespace MiniEngine
 	class SoundPlayer : public AudioPlayer
 	{
 	public:
+	    static int GetDecoderNum();
+		static std::string GetDecoderName(int index);
+
 		SoundPlayer(int Channels = 16);
 		Sound loadSound(std::string Filename) throw (ErrorViewer);
 		ChannelID playSound(Sound sound, int loops) throw (ErrorViewer);