Where is DVD Player on older G4

Hi: I have a 7 year old G4. I have always used it under OS 9 but I need to install OS X. I have a OS 10.0.3 disk which I've installed but I want to install Tiger. When I put the tiger install disk in the computer won't read it. I can't find any DVD player which I'm told it needs to read the Tiger disk. I was under the assumption that it should have a DVD player. Is there a way I can install Tiger.
Thanks,
Rex
G4 PowerMac   Mac OS X (10.0.x)  
G4 PowerMac   Mac OS X (10.0.x)  

Hi, Wrecks -
Adding to Malcom's information -
DVD Player is used only for video DVDs; it is not used, nor needed, for data DVDs such as a Tiger install DVD.
More to the point, if you are booting a machine to a CD or DVD, it makes no difference what files or programs are on the hard drive - none of those are in use, nor can be in use, when booting to a disk other than the hard drive.
G4's vintage 2000 had a couple of drive options - DVD-RAM, or DVD-ROM (both of which could boot to or burn CDs). DVD-RAM drives can use DVD-RAM disks, which are like very large floppies, but not DVD-ROM disks; DVD-ROM drives can use DVD video disks and DVD data disks, such as an OSX Install DVD, but can not use DVD-RAM disks.
If your optical drive is capable of reading DVD-ROMs, it will show the icon of the Tiger disk on your desktop when the disk is inserted, even when booted to OS 9 on the hard drive. If it does not display the icon of that DVD, your drive is probably not capable of reading DVD-ROMs.

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