filename = "test.rdc" formatter = "float3 pos; half norms[16]; uint flags;" pyrenderdoc.LoadCapture(filename, renderdoc.ReplayOptions(), filename, False, True) mybuf = renderdoc.ResourceId.Null() for buf in pyrenderdoc.GetBuffers(): print("buf %s is %s" % (buf.resourceId, pyrenderdoc.GetResourceName(buf.resourceId))) # here put your actual selection criteria - i.e. look for a particular name if pyrenderdoc.GetResourceName(buf.resourceId) == "dataBuffer": mybuf = buf.resourceId break print("selected %s" % pyrenderdoc.GetResourceName(mybuf)) if mybuf != renderdoc.ResourceId.Null(): # Open a new buffer viewer for this buffer, with the given format bufview = pyrenderdoc.ViewBuffer(0, 0, mybuf, formatter) # Show the buffer viewer on the main tool area pyrenderdoc.AddDockWindow(bufview.Widget(), qrenderdoc.DockReference.MainToolArea, None)