DVD Burner for i book G4?

Hi,
I have downloaded and edited a film on i movie, and assumed i could burn it onto a DVD. (I bought the computer for i tunes so didn't check out its other programs. Therefore i don't really know whether the computer has a DVD drive installed?) I will put the computer details below so would be grateful if someone could help me not be so stupid! I need to download the movie onto DVD, and if the computer isn't compatible can you explain how, and where i can buy, a seperate DVD burner. Thanks.
i book G4
Powerbook 6.3
C2 cache = 256 KB
Memory = 640 MB
Inbuilt memory = 128 MB
DIMML/J31 = 512 MB DDR SDRAM
Matshita CR-RW CW-8123
Toshiba MK6025GAS
Reads DVD
CR WRITE = -R, -RW
Any help would be great. Thanks

It looks like you only have a DVD reader and not a writer, so will not be able to burn it onto a DVD
I cannot advise on external DVD writers as I have used on

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