My brother Ralfy uses a remote to start and stop his camera when he's filming for his channel:-
https://www.youtube.com/user/ralfystuffThe conductive ink contacts on his remote were causing problems, so I fixed one of his remotes and offered to turn the other one into something a bit bigger. I didn't say HOW big though.
A few things went wrong along the way, but that happens. Initially I thought it wasn't working, but it seems to just put out a single burst of IR code for each press.
Update:- Ralfy loves his new monster-sized remote. It seems to work fine.
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