Common Codecs. Some codec examples are MP3, WMA, RealVideo, RealAudio, DivX and XviD, but there are many other obscure codecs. AVI, though a common file extension you see attached to lots of video files, is not in itself a codec but instead is a common container format that many different codecs can use.
In order to evaluate a President's nominee to a seat on the court,  the person must win a simple majority in the Senate. Winning simple  majority means either obtaining 51 vâ¦otes, or 50 Senator votes with  the Vice President voting in favor during a tie breaker. GB.
Therefore, supporters of a nominee may have to use the cloture process to reach a vote on the nominee. For nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, invoking cloture requires the support of three-fifths of the Senate; for other nominees, the cloture vote is subject to a simple majority threshold. Regardless of the relevant vote threshold, using cloture to reach a vote on a pending nomination may take significant floor time.