Using VGA-in to screen from the VGA-out of a laptop

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I have this old laptop that is able to play this old game that won’t work on my desktop. However, it is to slow to run a screen recording program in the background. My desktop has a VGA-in for use with a document reader and I’m now wondering if the VGA-in port could be used to screen record the VGA-out from the laptop.
The laptop would duplicate the display from its screen to the VGA-out. I just need video capture, I don’t need sound.

Oscar Chambers · Answer

You can use Freeseer for this.

Freeseer (pronounced free-see-ar) is a free, open source,
cross-platform application that captures or streams your desktop

Here is a tutorial video on how to set it up to capture output from a VGA cable.
Here is a link to the quickstart guide to use the software

Using VGA-in to screen from the VGA-out of a laptop

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