IDVD won't burn to LaCie DVD burner - Help

I need help on getting my iMac G5 to recognize the LaCie d2 burner I recently installed. I am using iDVD 4 and I can't seem to burn a DVD. I have created a nice slide show and it previews beautifully but when my Mac tries to burn nothing happens. My Mac has a combo drive NOT super drive. Also, what does it cost to upgrade to iDVD 5 and is it worth it? Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi srtri,
Did you install the driver provided by LaCie? see this LaCie's link: LaCie - External Storage: Hard Drives, CD-RW Drives, DVD-RW Drives, Tape, Monitors and choose the "DVD" product family.
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver)   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  
Message was edited by: Hui Cheng
Addendum: alternatively, you may want to get this: PatchBurn.

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