Android MediaPlayer java.io.IOException: Prepare failed.: status=0x1

I am using Android's MediaPlayer to set up a URL stream in my application. I have tried several different posts to deal with the exit code and error: (1, -2147483648).

I have attempted several different streams, but I can't seem to get the MediaPlayer to work. I have thought about moving over the Google's ExoPlayer but it is a little more complex and I don't want to jump ship in case I am missing something.

MediaPlayer:

private MediaPlayer player;
String url = "http://199.180.75.118:80/stream";     //temp stream
private void initializeMediaPlayer() {
    player = new MediaPlayer();
    player.setAudioAttributes( new AudioAttributes.Builder()
        .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
        .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_MUSIC)
        .build());

    try { 
        player.setDataSource(url);
        player.prepareAsync();
        player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                mp.start();
            }
        });
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } 
}

I have also included the android permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 

I have attempted to use the original stream type (but it throws a deprecated warning):

player.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

So instead I used the .setAudioAttributes(...) I have attempted to just run prepare() instead of prepareAsync() which gave the title of the problem, but I still result in the same error. I have looked into the actual error definition with no luck either (Android MediaPlayer error (1, -2147483648)). I don't think it is a source issue since I have tried multiple other streams. Please let me know if I am skipping over something crucial that might be causing my error.

Edit If it helps at all, I have been looking into my calls and I found out that MediaPlayer is never calling onPrepared(...). I checked the Content-Types of all of the media I have been testing and they have all been audio/MPEG headers. So I don't understand why the MediaPlay isn't accessing the onPrepared.