MP3 Rocket 5.3.8

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• Price: Free
• Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT
• Date added: January 31, 2010
• Total Downloads: 5,546,224
• Downloads last week: 49,975
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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

MP3Rocket the fastest file sharing download software for mp3 music, movies and torrents. Award winning software providing the smartest and fastest access to millions of songs, MP3s, movies, TV shows, live channels and games. MP3Rocket combines powerful Gnutella and BitTorrent technologies with effortless live channel streaming to give you the world's best online entertainment experience with the least amount of hassle. It uses sophisticated and proprietary under-the-hood technologies to optimize and accelerate download speeds. MP3Rocket is spyware and adware free, and provides the industry's most aggressive protection to block harmful content, keeping you and your computer safe. Along with its fresh, intuitive interface, MP3Rocket includes precise categories and genres, torrent voting tools, popularity rankings such as "Top Torrents," and other features to make it easier to find the entertainment you're looking for.

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