Completely remote Sony a6600 camera recording control

For the time being, I will have to either record to my camera's SD card, or to my computer, to get 4K footage. I just upgraded my a-roll camera from an HD-only a6000 to an a6600, and until I also upgrade my external recording monitor to support 4K (I'm using the Blackmagic Video Assist 3G 7", which does ProRes 1080p only), I need to record on the camera itself for 4K.

So I got to thinking... right now when I want to start a recording, I do the following:

Prepare recording devices:
1. Walk around to my camera and turn it on.
2. Turn on recording monitor on desk.
3. Open Sound Studio on my Mac.
Start recording:
1. Click 'Record' in Sound Studio on my Mac.
2. (if recording HD) Press rec button on recording monitor.
3. (if recording 4K) Walk around to my camera and press rec button.

I'd like to simplify this process. Ideally I'd have my Stream Deck have a button to start everything (open Sound Studio, turn on camera and recording monitor via smart plug like Shelly US plug), and another button to start recording.

Looking around, I found the following:

Stream Deck Home Assistant integration for something like Shelly Plug control
- NOTE: I would like to make sure I always cleanly power off the camera before yanking power, though...
qDslrDashboard could integrate my a6600's recording controls, maybe
Sound Studio seems to have Automator/Applescript integration. Maybe that could tie back into a Stream Deck automation?

If those options fail, at least I could avoid walking over to my Sony camera if I had a remote video recording button like this one from SmallRig. Maybe.

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