What media player are you using Brown? Most good ones have a built in SS function so you shouldn't have that problem.
I use MPC-HC, but I use a program called "ZScreen" for screenshots (of anything and everything) because it autouploads your shot to an image host of your choice and copies the URL to your clipboard, all in less than 5 seconds seconds. That saves me a whole lot of hassle.
It does a lot of other things, too. More info
here