diff -uNrp src/x264.c src.new/x264.c
--- src/x264.c	2011-03-28 21:35:08 +0300
+++ src.new/x264.c	2011-03-28 21:37:32 +0300
@@ -1796,6 +1796,9 @@ static int encode( x264_param_t *param,
     if( opt->tcfile_out )
         fprintf( opt->tcfile_out, "# timecode format v2\n" );
 
+    time_t tm1 = time(NULL);
+    x264_cli_log( "x264", X264_LOG_INFO, "started at %s", ctime(&tm1) );
+
     /* Encode frames */
     for( ; !b_ctrl_c && (i_frame < param->i_frame_total || !param->i_frame_total); i_frame++ )
     {
@@ -1912,5 +1915,10 @@ fail:
                  (double) i_file * 8 / ( 1000 * duration ) );
     }
 
+    time_t tm2 = time(NULL);
+    x264_cli_log( "x264", X264_LOG_INFO, "ended at %s", ctime(&tm2) );
+    tm2 -= tm1;
+    x264_cli_log( "x264", X264_LOG_INFO, "encoding duration %d:%02d:%02d\n", tm2 / 3600, tm2 % 3600 / 60, tm2 % 60 );
+
     return retval;
 }