Mirror iOS device screen via Lightning?

I have a requirement to be able to mirror iPad/iPod/iPhone screens to a Mac for demonstration purposes. There are solutions out there which mirror the screen over the WiFi connection, but unfortunately this won't work for me as I need to demonstrate joining a WiFi network with these devices.
Searching online led me to some software called iTools, but this is somewhat laggy and unimpressive, so I'm looking to see what other options exist besides using a stand-mounted camera.
One option I thought might work would be to use a Lightning to HDMI or VGA adapter and somehow get that feed into a Mac. I'm wondering if anyone in the community is aware of software which would let me take an HDMI or VGA feed back into a Mac and display it in realtime on the Mac's screen.
Thanks for any help.
Simon

Unless your Mac has a Video Capture card (hardware), no software in the world will let you get video through HDMI into a Mac.
Does it have to be a MAC? Can it not be a Tv or projector? or if you need to record this, an External Video Recorder?
Also this more a Mac question than it is iPad since you need hardware on the mac to get the signal, perhapos posting in the MAc forum may provide more relevant answers.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks

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