diff -uNrp a/x264.c b/x264.c
--- a/x264.c	2009-12-05 21:34:24 +0200
+++ b/x264.c	2009-12-05 22:04:10 +0200
@@ -1204,6 +1204,9 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     int64_t i_file;
     int     i_frame_size;
     int     i_update_interval;
+    #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 );
@@ -1238,6 +1241,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
 
     i_start = x264_mdate();
 
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    GetConsoleTitle( originalCTitle, 200 );
+    #endif
+
     /* Encode frames */
     for( i_frame = 0, i_file = 0, i_frame_output = 0; b_ctrl_c == 0 && (i_frame < i_frame_total || i_frame_total == 0); )
     {
@@ -1284,6 +1291,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
             Print_status( i_start, i_frame_output, i_frame_total, i_file, param );
     }
 
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    SetConsoleTitle( originalCTitle );
+    #endif
+
     i_end = x264_mdate();
     input.picture_clean( &pic );
     /* Erase progress indicator before printing encoding stats. */