Charging video ipod w/ firewire

I have a firewire charger and firewire-to-dock connector cable. can i charge an ipod video with it instead of buying the usb charger and usb-to-dock connector?

Yes.
The only thing you cannot do with Firewire is synchronise data with iTunes.
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