Sfotware (app) for camcorder interface with xubuntu 16.04

[Colin Law]

On 30 October 2017 at 04:03, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an HP 8740w notebook to which I would like to connect a
> camcorder.  However, I can neither find any such app on the machine,
> nor does google turn up anything remotely connected to a camcorder.
> There are lots of webcam apps and screen capture apps, none of which
> are what I want.

What interfaces does the camcorder have that you could connect to the PC with?

Colin