Putting a DVD drive from a G5 into my  G$

I have a DVD Burner drive from an old G5. I want to put it in my old 450 mhz dual processor G4 which only has a cd drive – no burner. WIll this work? Is there any software out there to burn DVD's on OS9.1?

I believe it will work. When using OS 9.2, I use Toast Titanium 5.2 to burn CDs. I don't have a DVD burner. The Toast specs say it can be used to burn DVDs.
 Cheers, Tom

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