diff -uNrp c/x264.c b/x264.c
--- c/x264.c	2010-03-29 13:03:29 +0300
+++ b/x264.c	2010-03-29 13:04:52 +0300
@@ -1404,6 +1404,9 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     int     prev_timebase_den = param->i_timebase_den / gcd( param->i_timebase_num, param->i_timebase_den );
     int     dts_compress_multiplier;
     double  pulldown_pts = 0;
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    char    originalCTitle[200];
+    #endif
 
     opt->b_progress &= param->i_log_level < X264_LOG_DEBUG;
     i_frame_total = input.get_frame_total( opt->hin );
@@ -1482,6 +1485,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     if( opt->tcfile_out )
         fprintf( opt->tcfile_out, "# timecode format v2\n" );
 
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    GetConsoleTitle( originalCTitle, 200 );
+    #endif
+
     /* Encode frames */
     for( i_frame = 0, i_frame_output = 0; b_ctrl_c == 0 && (i_frame < i_frame_total || i_frame_total == 0); )
     {
@@ -1570,6 +1577,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     if( !(opt->i_pulldown && !param->b_vfr_input) )
         duration *= dts_compress_multiplier;
 
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    SetConsoleTitle( originalCTitle );
+    #endif
+
     i_end = x264_mdate();
     input.picture_clean( &pic );
     /* Erase progress indicator before printing encoding stats. */