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@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ sufficient for a standard installation of rtpengine.
     Configuration for a MySQL storage backend. Details about calls and media files
     that are produced are stored into the database. Optionally the media files
     themselves can be stored as well (see __output-storage__).
+    
+    For MySQL database schema, see [Database schema](#database-schema)
 
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@@ -402,6 +404,52 @@ sufficient for a standard installation of rtpengine.
 
     Configuration file.
 
+## DATABASE SCHEMA
+
+Saving recording into MySQL database requires correct database schema:
+```
+CREATE TABLE `recording_calls` (
+  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `call_id` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
+  `start_timestamp` decimal(13,3) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `end_timestamp` decimal(13,3) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `status` enum('recording','completed','confirmed') DEFAULT 'recording',
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  KEY `call_id` (`call_id`)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE `recording_streams` (
+  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `call` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `local_filename` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
+  `full_filename` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
+  `file_format` varchar(10) NOT NULL,
+  `stream` mediumblob,
+  `output_type` enum('mixed','single') NOT NULL,
+  `stream_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `sample_rate` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `channels` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `ssrc` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `start_timestamp` decimal(13,3) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `end_timestamp` decimal(13,3) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `tag_label` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  KEY `call` (`call`),
+  CONSTRAINT `fk_call_id` FOREIGN KEY (`call`) REFERENCES `recording_calls` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE `recording_metakeys` (
+  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `call` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `key` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `value` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  KEY `prim_lookup` (`value`,`key`),
+  KEY `fk_call_idx` (`call`),
+  CONSTRAINT `fk_call_idx` FOREIGN KEY (`call`) REFERENCES `recording_calls` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
+);
+```
+
 ## SEE ALSO
 
 [rtpengine(8)](http://man.he.net/man8/rtpengine).