get ffmpeg to generate an animation of the frequencies of an audio file on top of a static image, useful for podcasts and such

ffmpeg_generate_frequencies.sh

ffmpeg -i test.wav -y -loop 1 -i bg.jpg -filter_complex \
"[0:a]showfreqs=cmode=separate:mode=bar:ascale=cbrt:fscale=log:s=600x600:colors=#ffffff[tmp]; \
 [tmp]alphaextract,format=yuv420p,split=3[box][up][down]; \
 [up]crop=in_w:in_h/2:0:0[up]; \
 [down]crop=in_w:in_h/2:0:in_h/2,vflip[down];[up][down]vstack[tmp]; \
 [tmp]gblur=sigma=10,curves=master='0/0 0.49/0 0.51/1 1/1',format=rgba[tmp]; \
 [box]drawbox=w=600:h=600:c=#ffffff:t=fill:replace=1,format=rgba[box]; \
 [box][tmp]alphamerge[tmp]; \
 [tmp]crop=in_w:in_h/2:0:in_h/4[tmp]; \
 [1:v]scale=1280:-1,crop=in_w:720[bg]; \
 [bg][tmp]overlay=x=50:y=50:shortest=1:format=auto,format=yuv420p[out]" \
-map "[out]" -map 0:a -c:v libx264 -preset fast  test.mp4