diff -uNrp c/x264.c b/x264.c
--- c/x264.c	2010-01-20 23:41:51 +0200
+++ b/x264.c	2010-01-20 23:51:25 +0200
@@ -1448,6 +1448,9 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     int64_t second_largest_pts = -1;
     int64_t ticks_per_frame;
     double  duration;
+    #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 );
@@ -1514,6 +1517,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     }
 
     CLOSE_LOG;
+    #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); )
     {
@@ -1584,6 +1591,10 @@ static int  Encode( x264_param_t *param,
     else
         duration = (double)(2 * largest_pts - second_largest_pts) * param->i_timebase_num / param->i_timebase_den;
 
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    SetConsoleTitle( originalCTitle );
+    #endif
+
     i_end = x264_mdate();
     input.picture_clean( &pic );
     /* Erase progress indicator before printing encoding stats. */