- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 5,022,087
- Downloads last week: 37,673
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1710 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008
MP3 Rocket is another LimeWire source code fork, like FrostWire, and as such it functions exactly the same. When you search for a file using MP3 Rocket, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa.
However, the user experience differs in a few ways. Although the name suggests the program only searches for MP3s, that's not the case. This has all the capabilities of the parent program and is capable of searching for and downloading all file formats. This includes the recent addition of torrent support to the main LimeWire code. The most MP3-centric feature here lets users share their iTunes music folder directly, as if they were on a shared network.
What makes MP3 Rocket stand out are the TV, Radio, and Games channels. There are more than 200 live broadcast radio signals coming in, as well as similar numbers for TV stations and Flash-based games, mostly arcade classics such as Pac-Man and Street Fighter. Radio stations are streamed live from FM signals around the country, and TV channels include the Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network, videos from MTV and more. Who knew that MTV still carried videos?
Beware of the toolbar you must opt out of when installing the application, and MP3 Rocket struggles with the same performance flaws that plague other LimeWire-based clients. However, it offers reasonable performance and provides some extras along the way--not quite a rocket, but it definitely doesn't fizzle.
Publisher's description
From MP3 Rocket :MP3 Rocket is a file sharing program allowing users to download music, movies, software titles, games, documents, and images files from the gnutella network. New and unique functionality provides access to live on demand streams for over 3000 movies and TV shows, a Live Radio feature so you can listen to over 500 top live radio stations. A built in game player allows free access to over 1000 fun games. Other features include the ability to browse the most popular downloads, publish a personal rating of your favorites, preview files while downloading, an intuitive user interface, and enhanced parental controls through the use of built-in keyword filters.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.3.1 provides protection for inadvertent file sharing of a user's sensitive information. Now MP3Rocket will not by default share files with .doc, .pdf, .txt or .rtf extensions. Also included is an improved media player with new sleek 3D buttons.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 1710 votes
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Version: MP3 Rocket 5.3.1
Pros: I like all the features, movies, games, news, etc. all in one place.
Cons: I bought the pro version but when I upgraded to Windows 7 it did not recognize that I had bought the pro which I thought it would because Limewire and Frostwire did.
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Version: MP3 Rocket 5.3.1
"good in some ways, in others not so good"
Pros: very easy to download files and easy to search for titles
Cons: very difficult to understand how to copy to computer
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Version: MP3 Rocket 5.3.1
"I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SITE FOR EVERYONE!"
Pros: DA FACT DAT EVERYTHING IS FREE!
Cons: HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING YET!
Summary: I WAS GIVING THIS SITE BY A FRIEND HE SAYS ITS GREAT I REVIEWED A FEW THINGS AND I AGREE,ONCE I BROWSE AND USE MORE OF YOUR DOWNLOAD FEATURES I CAN TELL YOU MORE.
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Version: MP3 Rocket 5.3.1
Pros: many things to choose from and do
Cons: theres nothing to dislike
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Version: MP3 Rocket 5.3.1
Pros: Will warn you if you try to download a duplicate [same name]. Nice & fast if you have broadband. 4 - 5 stars means the file resources is good - excellent.
Cons: Zone Alarm is hard to configure, so I use Outpost Firewall - make it easy. Uses quite a bit of resources, so don't run other large programs.
Summary: Very worth using.
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