Is is possible to repair Hi8 tapes in FCP ?

Hi, I've got a couple of old Hi8 tapes from which I need to capture.
Bits of them speed up of their own accord, including the audio.
What is this, how did it happen and is is possible to repair?
Thanks,
Mark

this sounds as though there was a big problem on the camera that shot the footage. motors went wonky ? does not matter now of course.
try and get the footage into your machine as clean as poss (as studio x mentioned a TBC can help here) then play around with time remap on your clip to try and get it right...It will be a bit suck it and see but you should get it sorted
best regards
andy

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